Julia Dent Grant

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Julia Dent Grant was the First Lady of the United States from 1869 to 1877 as the wife of President Ulysses S. Grant and was known for her social prominence and support of her husband's military and political career.

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instanceOf First Lady of the United States
human
associatedWith American Civil War era
Reconstruction era
birthName Julia Boggs Dent
birthPlace St. Louis, Missouri
buriedAt General Grant National Memorial
Grant’s Tomb, New York City
child Ellen Wrenshall "Nellie" Grant
Frederick Dent Grant
Jesse Root Grant
Ulysses S. Grant Jr.
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathPlace Washington, D.C.
endTime 1877
familyName Dent
Grant
father Frederick Dent
givenName Julia
languageSpoken English
marriedTo Ulysses S. Grant
memberOf Republican Party social circle
mother Ellen Wrenshall Dent
notableFor hosting state dinners and receptions
lavish White House entertaining
public support for women’s suffrage later in life
social prominence in Washington, D.C.
support of Ulysses S. Grant’s military career
support of Ulysses S. Grant’s political career
notableRole First Lady during the presidency of Ulysses S. Grant
notableWork Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant
numberOfChildren 4
occupation First Lady
memoirist
positionHeld First Lady of the United States
predecessor Eliza McCardle Johnson
relative Frederick Dent
religion Methodism
residence Galena, Illinois NERFINISHED
St. Louis, Missouri
Washington, D.C.
White House
sexOrGender female
spouse Ulysses S. Grant
startTime 1869
successor Lucy Webb Hayes


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