Hi everybody. Today. Bye, mommy. It's going to Super Bowl. Ulysses S. Rats.

Thank you, Noah, for introducing Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States.

You may remember that many of our earliest presidents were born in Virginia. To be

exact, seven of our first 12 presidents were from there. When Ulysses S. Grant became president in

1873, he became the first president from the state of Ohio, but certainly not the last, because Ohioans would start their own streak of seven out of 12 presidents.

Grant would also become the first president since Andrew Jackson to complete two full terms in office, ending a streak of 10 consecutive presidents who failed to accomplish the feat.

President Grant was born in 1822 with the name Hiram Ulysses Grant, but he preferred the name Ulysses to Hiram.

He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in West Point.

During his time at West Point, he signed his name Ulysses H. Grant. A congressman mistakenly read

his name as Ulysses S. Grant in his military paperwork. As a friend of the Grant family, he assumed that Grant's middle name was Simpson because

that was his mother's maiden name and his younger brother's middle name.

Grant liked the name Ulysses S. Grant so much, he decided to keep the name.

He especially liked the fact that his initials

had now become U.S. Grant because he loved the United States. Before becoming president, he was an

unsuccessful farmer and real estate agent. He made an impressive name for himself during the Mexican War and Civil War.

He was twice cited for bravery during the Mexican War. During the Civil War, he became a national hero.

He rose all the way to the rank of Lieutenant General, a title only held by one person previously,

George Washington. In 1865, he accepted the surrenderer of Robert Ely to end the Civil War.

The Republican Party nominated Grant as their candidate for the election of 1868, and he defeated

New York Governor Horatio Seymour by account of 214 electoral votes to 80 for Seymour. Grant became

the youngest president and was inaugurated at the age of 46. In his inaugural address, he stressed

the need for the nation to unite following the Civil War and strongly supported the 15th Amendment

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