at that time his name was hiram ulysses grant. he later became known course as ulysses us grant the two of them were good friends, they they partici painted in a debate society. there are records of their debates and the subject matter i talk about in the book some of it's very ironic. but then grant's father decided he wasn't paying enough attention. his studies for what he was paying into with and for him. so he sent him off to west point where tuition was free and the two of them in 1838 sort of separated separated. marquand went on to go augusta college in kentucky and to study the law and became a steamboat clerk and then in 1848, he and, his father went to washington, d.c., where they each became clerks in different offices and mark then became a clerk in the pension, which dealt with the pensions for revolutionary soldiers still alive at that time. and soldiers the war of 1812. he a busy, busy young man but. 1850 he married the daughter of a wealthy developer in washington, d.c. his name sampson sims and martha sims i a beau

i was surprised in a way to find the faith story of ulysses grant. i learned that the methodist church far the national cathedral was ever in vision built. the first national church in washington d.c. methodism was the protestant denomination, and they decided to dedicate that church four days before grant was, and it was inaugurate as president because he was the son of methodism and they wanted combine the dedication of the metropolitan memorial church and the inauguration of ulysses grant. well so it is with chamberlain he grows up in the small town of brewer, maine. thousand people, his parents are deeply religious. the church, the successor the puritans who came first to new england is dominant religion. and this the faith that he embraces. and yet what i then found remarkable was that even though he held this traditional faith, he and his adult life was more and more and more open other traditions of, faith that came into maine, unitary, an ism that came late, first from boston and then into maine. so who is this person? joshua lawrence chamber

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tomb grant cottage where he spent the last six weeks before he died his house out in saint louis, ulysses grant national historic site, the power of places, especially evocative. to help you understand the story of grant in particular and, frank, who spent a lot of time talking and studying grant's presidency, in particular. and so, frank, i want to kind of shift things over to you, because i know that you believe that grant belongs among the pantheon of the greatest of our great presidents. and that's not necessarily view that people have historically held. why is it that grant has not necessarily been held up in such esteem or. well, chris, as you said, during the late 19th century, a grant was widely held and the public mind, the highest echelon of great americans alongside, george washington and abraham. but during 20th century grant's reputation was battered by historic, especially presidential reputation. and now in polls of historians rate presidents pioneered 1948 by arthur schlesinger grant was ranked only to rock bottom. warren harding with those two presidents, the only ones rated as

american president ulysses grant wrote about the consequences of aggression against mexico several decades later. the l look forward to talking to you all that technology should work for people. a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except we're so shorter is that conflict with the 1st law should we live in justification. we should be very careful about our personal intelligence at the point, obviously is to create a trust rather than fit the various jobs. i mean with artificial intelligence, we have somebody with him in the robot most protects his phone existence was alexis as a result, this can be started by lines. these can be started by a true importance, and we can never be kind of a stations that transparency is next for to region mistaken, patrice then just succeeded in finding the documents that existed in making them available to the world public. i mean, what could be more moving box by publishing information and sharing information with the public? he was exercising the rights for a speech he did so in the public interest. so mommy of wise tends to me and, and ho

about military history and strategy, implements a working plan for the balance of the war, pics ulysses s grant, and ultimately, even though he had never been to west point, he had less than one year of formal schooling, he devises a plan that wins the war. >> and overall, the chapter is how to be the most successful and esteemed leader imaginable. obviously, that worked well for lincoln, but ty that together. how exactly did that -- how does history remember that? >> my book contains a total of 24 leadership traits across these eight presidents. an average of three per president. i can make the argument that lincoln embodied all 24 traits. he is heads and shoulders above the other presidents. there's a great quote early in my chapter from tolstoy who says that lincoln is head and shoulders over every leader in world history. he was a strategist. he knew how to handle people. he was unbelievably eloquent. he had the famous words, better angels of our nature. this talent as an orator, as a strategist, as an organizer to organize the war effort, as the highest moralist who could ultimately bring

american president ulysses grant wrote about the consequences of aggression against mexico several decades later.

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rigorous■/ academics, at america's first engineering school, and of course, no one is perfect, even ulysses s grante house in -- dwight eisenhower. i'm not getting. -- kiddiif that sounds familiar, maybe i can help you. commander-in-chief, i absolve all cadets of minor conduct offenses. [applause] if you have y questions, the superintendent can clarify what minor means. [laughter] ofere wasn't all difficult. every time you beat n[applause] now look. lots of west point classes have some win navy but not every class over four years has beat navy 51■ times. [applause] delaware, you done good. tw ago i was on -- at the white house. son was a decorated major in the u.s. army, spending years in iraq. he always made it clear. [indiscernible] i was appointed -- when i was 29 years old, to the naval acamy. was one of 10. i wanted to play football. the day i was supposed to go down for the mine, who was also , he came to pick me up. out two days earlier, they had a quarterback named roger starbucks and joe marino. i said hell, i'm not going there. i went to delaware. by the way, that fellow is a wonderful ma

american president ulysses grant wrote about the consequences of aggression against mexico several decades later of the same people who still belonged to my earlier films like base to the time the motto, traffic to the public started thinking now he's are attacking what i want to be honest. with me cut off on a significant and on small audiences and also cited in a country, lot of issues and lots of problems out there which can be world again, them. and then obviously that was the thing we would just call them again for the move intended for them to come with. that's okay with me and i think proud of already. yeah. and especially if you've seen from 24 people that is the use of search. i've been very fortunate to represent india in guns twice for me because in most of them really put me up to this about india. i knew fees that kind of respect. now people getting with the hello enough they come. i wonder if i'm kid in the ever evolving landscape off the 21st century. the focus now more than ever is on in the park. today i've, i've become a very special guest, either fin directed and produce

and then after lee surrenders to ulysses grant the battlefield in appomattox virginia, the country whichpledged his allegiance was noleaving statel. and lee is a prominent example. but there were others in the confederacy who had sided with the confederacy, who also can no longer claim u.s. can,■: no lonr claim citizenship in that country. then the country that they wished still existed. and so andrew johnson, president after abraham lincoln's assassination, begins a series of pardons, starts the pardon people who were involved the with the with the confederate sc this is as grand part the foot soldiers and then johnson begins to pardon some of them are high ranking individuals despite multiple amnesties that eventually included almost everyone who sided with the south. there was one major exception lingering confederate general robert de lee indicted for treason. he was fortunate to avoid prosecution and for any wartime crimes. after famously surrendering to grant in 1865, this offer, given this june, about two months after laying down arms, sent president johnson a written pardon reque

and ulysses grant. but but he didn't get bogged in all the the insults that his way from the generals also were union soldiers who like so many soldiers in wartime, decided, i don't like this war anymore. i want to go home. they deserted. lincoln stayed above the fray and was incredibly generous in his pardons as the war was coming to a he had a magnum almost attitude toward the confederacy he wanted them to come back to the union. he wanted people to lock again as they had been long before. the slavery crisis arose and so had a very magnanimous attitude toward the confederacy. and last but not least, he had a very magnanimous toward his wife, mary. mary was, just a shrew. she was smart. she ambitious, and thus fueled lincoln's rise. so they shared that in common. he recognized at the very outset, in fact, when they start that inch here's this tall, ugly guy and she's talking about, i think this guy can be president, is everybody. what? but but sure enough, she knew what she was talking about. but but s

and ulysses grant. but but he didn't get bogged in all the the insults that his way from the generals also were union soldiers who like so many soldiers in wartime, decided, i don't like this war anymore. i want to go home. they deserted. lincoln stayed above the fray and was incredibly generous in his pardons as the war was coming to a he had a magnum almost attitude toward the confederacy he wanted them to come back to the union. he wanted people to lock again as they had been long before. the slavery crisis arose and so had a very magnanimous attitude toward the confederacy. and last but not least, he had a very magnanimous toward his wife, mary. mary was, just a shrew. she was smart. she ambitious, and thus fueled lincoln's rise. so they shared that in common. he recognized at the very outset, in fact, when they start that inch here's this tall, ugly guy and she's talking about, i think this guy can be president, is everybody. what? but but sure enough, she knew what she was talking about. but but s

ulysses grant's second vice present wrote history books. teddy roosevelt thought about going to law school. harry truman played poker. i mean, there wasn't that much to look. they didn't even have an office in the white house because they were presidents senate. they hung out on capitol hill, in the capitol. they had offices there. no president actually even gave them an office in the white house until lyndon johnson came along. he's the first one to argue to get office in the white house complex. and even then, he didn't get it in the white house itself. he only got it in the executive office building across the street. so, you know, perhaps not surprisingly, not all of them particularly like the president they were serving for vice president thomas hendricks, for instance, was no fan of grover cleveland. in fact, he tried to get him removed from the ticket on the grounds that cleveland was morally unfit because of a sex scandal. as valerie haider of the library of congress wrote, their relationship improved only when hendricks died. in no

he goes to the library of strategy and implements a war game plan and picks ulysses s grant. even though he had never been to west point, he had less than one year of formal schooling, he devises a plan that wins the war. host:the apter is about esteemed leader imaginable. hodoes history remember that? guest: my book coaial of 24 leadership traits across these eight presidents. an average of three per president. i can make an argument that lincoln could have all 24 traits. he's head and shoulders above all of the other presis.lincolnd above every other leader in world history. and so,wa strategist, he knew how to handle people. he was an unbelievably eloquent speaker in the gettysburg address and the first inaugural address had the quote better angels of our nature. you have this strategist to organize the war effort, the highest moralist who could bring about t slavery and be prepared to bring the country back tog when unfortunately he was assassinated. these were the most difficult years of our history. 700,000 to 800,000 people were killed. millions were wounded. e a leade

the white house inventory was so named for henry wilson ulysses grant second term vice president, but nobody had the nerve to tell nixon that over the past two decades, however, wilson's once lofty reputation has collapsed his name has been scrubbed from schools and other places of honor, including at princeton, the university. he almost single handedly, elevated from mediocrity to greatness. now many of the charges levied against wilson are true. he was an anti-black racist. his administration did impose a much more formalized and radical segregation upon the federal workforce. he failed to act against the wave of pogroms that convulsed american cities in the summer of 1919, just in the city of chicago 38 dead, two thirds of them black, hundreds injured, maybe 2000. who lost homes again, almost all of them black of the greatest challenge on the greatest challenge of his presidency, the first world war, the wilson record is mostly one of failure over the in 1916, wilson tried to negotiate a compromise peace between the allies and the central powers didn't happen. he to prepare for the

the white house inventory was so named for henry wilson ulysses grant second term vice president, but nobody had the nerve to tell nixon that over the past two decades, however, wilson's once lofty reputation has collapsed his name has been scrubbed from schools and other places of honor, including at princeton, the university. he almost single handedly, elevated from mediocrity to greatness. now many of the charges levied against wilson are true. he was an anti-black racist. his administration did impose a much more formalized and radical segregation upon the federal workforce. he failed to act against the wave of pogroms that convulsed american cities in the summer of 1919, just in the city of chicago 38 dead, two thirds of them black, hundreds injured, maybe 2000. who lost homes again, almost all of them black of the greatest challenge on the greatest challenge of his presidency, the first world war, the wilson record is mostly one of failure over the in 1916, wilson tried to negotiate a compromise peace between the allies and the central powers didn't happen. he to prepare for the

you met the highest standards of discipline and, of course, no one's perfect, even ulysses s. grantower were written up from time to time. and i'm not kidding. but there are cadets here at west point. if that sounds familiar to you, maybe i can help you today. in keeping with the long, standing tradition as commander in chief, i absolve all a cadets on restriction for minor conduct offenses. [laughter] [applause] if you have any questions, the superintendent can clarify what minor means. [laughter] if of course, your time here wasn't all difficult. the class did plenty of celebrating. every time you beat navy -- [cheers and applause] now, look, lots of west point classes have some wins over navy, but not every class over four years' period beat withs navy 51 times. [applause] david: it's always fun to see a blanket pardon from the president of the united states which president biden just did for those cadets. we'll continue to the monitor what the president says, and i want to thank art del cueto. we wanted to spend a little bit of time listening to the president. we will come back

teton national park and yellowstone, the country's first established back in 1872 by president ulysses s grantcountry's very first national monument, devil's tower, which is about 2.5 hours straight east of where i'm standing right now. and, of course, you've got the hot springs and you've got the rock climbing destinations and the trails, and the beautiful lakes across the state as well. at night. i've got to tell you, sal, if you're a stargazer and i know you are, the skies out here are absolutely breathtaking. so four seasons of activities here, some great skiing in the winter, and again, at the end of the day, it's what, as you said, it's all about that beautiful, wide open space. >> gabe, i hear something special is happening in sheridan in just a few days. what is it? >> yeah. listen, the buzz is already in the air. this is an annual event. it's an eaton's horse drive. so during the winter, the dozens and dozens of horses that call this place home actually have a grazing area out in gillette, wyoming, about 100 miles away. so in late may every year, they begin that three day trek, across