1. Election of 1872Election of 1872 By: Kristen White and Anna Tucker

2. Ulysses S. Grant Born: Pleasant Point, Ohio on April 27, 1822 School: attended public school in Georgetown until his father sent him to West Point Military Academy Best Known For: being the Union Commander in the Civil War; President of the United States of America from 1868-1876

3. Horace Greeley Born: February 3, 1811 in Amherst, New Hampshire School: his formal education ended when he was 14 Best Known For: running against Ulysses S. Grant in the presidential election of 1872

4. The Election Grant: Radical Republican Greeley: Liberal Republican Who Won: Ulysses S. Grant Problems Faced By the New President: new political party (Liberal Republicans); the “Panic of 1873”; problems regarding African-Americans and their rights; issues regarding the Ku Klux Klan

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