Ulysses S. Grant, b. Point Pleasant, Ohio 27 April 1822, d. Mount McGregor, New York 23 July 1885, served as President of the United States from 1869 to 1877. He married in 1848 Julia Boggs Dent (1826-1902).The tomb, the largest mausoleum in North America, was completed in 1897, and is located near Hudson River at the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York. To reach the memorial by subway, take either the 7th Avenue-Broadway No. 1 or No. 9 subway train. Both stop at West 116th Street Station on Broadway, two blocks east and six blocks south of Grant's Tomb.
For more information, see the Website of the Grant Monument Association or Nps.gov (US National Park Service). You are also recommended to read Brian Lamb's Who's Buried in Grant's Tomb? A Tour of Presidential Gravesites, which is a great source of information about the gravesites of the US Presidents (and Vice Presidents).
So Mr. Historian here is a trivia question for you. How many Ohio natives have been President?
ReplyDeleteHow do you define "native" in this regard? Born in Ohio? Or lived there when he grew up? Anyway, not a question I would be able to answer right away, would have to consult my books (and that would be cheating, wouldn't it...). I would *guess*, though, that 5-6 "Ohio natives" have been President...
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It seems that 7 is the right answer: Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, McKinley, Taft and Harding. In addition William Henry Harrison lived in Ohio for most of his life.
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The website I linked to hasn't been updated in a while, though, but 7 Ohio natives is still the answer. But the number of Presidents who have been State Senator should be 10, not 9...
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