nor of Tennessee,
1853-57; United States senator, 1857-62; military governor of Tennessee,
1862-64; inaugurated Vice-President, March 4, 1865; succeeded Lincoln as
President, April 15, 1865; impeached by Congress for high crimes and
misdemeanors, but acquitted after a trial lasting from March 23 to May
26, 1868; United States senator from Tennessee, 1875; died in Carter
County, Tennessee, July 31, 1875.

GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON. Born at Point Pleasant, Clermont County, Ohio,
April 27, 1822; graduated at West Point, 1843; served through Mexican
war, 1846-48; left the army in 1854, and settled in St. Louis; removed
to Galena, Illinois, 1860; appointed colonel, June 17, 1861;
brigadier-general, August 7, 1861; captured Fort Donelson, February 16,
1862; promoted to major-general of volunteers and made commander of the
Army of the District of West Tennessee, March, 1862; gained battle of
Shiloh, April 6-7, 1862; captured Vicksburg, July 4, 1863, and made
major-general in the regular army; won battle of Chattanooga, November
23-25, 1863; made lieutenant-general and commander-in-chief of American
armies, March, 1864; took up his headquarters with the Army of the
Potomac, fought battles of Wilderness, and received Lee's surrender at
Appomattox Court House, April 9, 1865; made general, July 25, 1866;
elected President, 1868, and re-elected, 1872; made tour of the world,
1877-79; unsuccessful candidate for nomination for presidency, 1880;
made general on the retired list, March 4, 1885; died at Mount McGregor,
New York, July 23, 1885.

HAYES, RUTHERFORD BIRCHARD. Born at Delaware, Ohio, October 4, 1822;
served in the Union army during the Civil War, being brevetted
major-general of volunteers in 1864; member of Congress from Ohio,
1865-67; governor of Ohio, 1868-72 and 1876; Republican candidate for
President, 1876; declared elected by the Electoral Commission, March 2,
1877, and served, 1877-81; died at Fremont, Ohio, January 17, 1893.

GARFIELD, JAMES ABRAM. Born at Orange, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, November
19, 1831; instructor in and later president of Hiram College, Ohio,
1856-61; joined the Union army as lieutenant-colonel of volunteers,
1861; defeated General Humphrey Marshall at the battle of Middle Creek,
January 10, 1862; promoted brigadier-general, 1862; promoted
major-general, 1863; member of Congress, 1863-80; elected United States
senator, 1880; elected President, 1880; inaugurated, March 4, 1881; shot
in Washington