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Ulysses S. Grant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant, April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877). He achieved international fame in the American Civil War, in which he commanded Union forces as a general, and as general-in-chief (1864–1869). ..." |
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| 27 Apr 1822, Hiram Ulysses Grant, in Point Pleasant, Ohio |
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| 23 Jul 1885, in Mount McGregor, New York |
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Bureaucracy and the Civil Service in the United States, by Murray N. Rothbard, Journal of Libertarian Studies, 1995
Related Topics: Bureaucracy, John Adams, Founding Fathers, Government, Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Johnson, Limited Government, John Marshall, Richard M. Nixon, Parkinson's Law, Pennsylvania, Political Parties, Spoils System, Martin Van Buren, Voting, George Washington
"George W. Curtis ... got another call from the President; responding to the Congressional rider and to charges of corruption in the New York Customhouse, President Grant surprised and delighted reformers in June by appointing a seven-man Civil Service Commission (CSC), with none other than Curtis as its chairman" |
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