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ULYSSES S. GRANT was born at Point Pleasant, Ohio on April 29, 1822, but was elected President from Illinois. He was the nominee of the Republican party and on his first election received 214 electoral votes, while he was chosen for the second term by 292 electoral votes - up to that time the largest number ever cast for a President. He died July 23, 1885.
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ULYSSES S. GRANT, eighteenth President of the U. S. Served two terms - from March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1873 and from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1877.
ULYSSES S. GRANT was born at Point Pleasant, Ohio on April 29, 1822, but was elected President from Illinois. He was the nominee of the Republican party and on his first election received 214 electoral votes, while he was chosen for the second term by 292 electoral votes - up to that time the largest number ever cast for a President. He died July 23, 1885.
Publisher: Raphael Tuck & Sons (English, 1886–1960)
American
1908
Medium/Technique
Chromolithograph on card stock.
Dimensions
Vertical: 14 x 8.9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession Number2015.8535
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Americas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPostcards
DescriptionBack: undivided. Mint.
Raphael Tuck & Sons' Post Card Series No.2328, "Presidents of the United States."
ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN.
Printed in Germany
Raphael Tuck & Sons' Post Card Series No.2328, "Presidents of the United States."
ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN.
Printed in Germany
Signed
Presidential signature reproduction.
ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2015, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in Europe and the United States; 2015, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2015)