US Grant, Julia Dent

Julia Boggs Dent Grant
First Lady of the United States
From A to Z - Women​

Born: January 26, 1826

Birthplace: Saint Louis, Missouri

Father: Frederick Fayette Dent 1787 – 1873

(Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri)​

Mother: Ellen Bray Wrenshall 1793 – 1857

(Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri)​

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Brother: Brig. General Frederick Tracy Dent

(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia)​

Husband: President Ulysses S. Grant 1822 – 1885

(Buried: General Grant National Memorial, Manhattan, New York)​

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Married: August 22, 1848, in Saint Louis, Missouri

Children:

Frederick Dent Grant 1850 – 1912​

(Buried: US Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York)​

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Ulysses Simpson "Buck" Grant Jr. 1852 – 1929​

(Buried: Greenwood Memorial Cemetery, San Diego, California)​

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Ellen Wrenshall "Nellie" Grant Jones 1855 – 1922​

(Buried: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois)​

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Jesse Root Grant 1858 – 1934​

(Buried: San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, California)​

Education:

1831 – 1836: Attended Gravois School​

Life:

1848: Married Ulysses S. Grant on August 22nd​

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Stayed with husband at some of his battles in the Civil War​

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1869 – 1877: First Lady of United States of America​

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1875: Devastated that her husband announced he wouldn't seek 3rd term​

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She was a defender of Women's Rights​

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Accompanied her husband on a World tour​

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After the death of President Grant, she lived in Washington, D.C.​

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Wrote her own memoirs while living in Washington, D.C.​

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Became close friends with other future first ladies​

Died: December 14, 1902

Place of Death: Washington, D.C.

Cause of Death: Heart and Kidney Failure

Age at time of Death: 76 years old

Burial Place: General Grant National Memorial, Manhattan, New York

 

[Seduzal]

She had an interesting life. Thanks for sharing this awesome article.

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday First Lady Julia Dent Grant! remembering First Lady Grant on her birthday.

 

[lupaglupa]

Are her memoirs still available?

 

[Library Lady]

Are her memoirs still available?

Here you go: https://www.abebooks.com/products/i...MI7IOGgvLP9QIVRfzjBx2RfQZMEAAYAyAAEgLAOvD_BwE

They are also listed on Amazon or you can buy directly from the SIU Press.

 

[Pollaco]

To say that she had a good-sized Ego as first
lady would be putting it lightly.

 

[Pollaco]

Her memoirs, The Personal Memoirs of Jula Dent Grant (Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant) were not published until 1975.

 

[Pollaco]

She was born with a condition known as strabismus, better known as "crossed eyes". Surgery was offered but she declined. She did reconsider when Grant became president she wanted to look her best for him. Grant told Julia "Did I not see you and fall in love with you with these same eyes? I like them just as they are,and now, remember, you are not to interfere with them. They are mine and let me tell you, Mrs. Grant, you had better not make any experiments, as I might not like you half so well with any other eyes."

 

[Library Lady]

Her memoirs, The Personal Memoirs of Jula Dent Grant (Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant) were not published until 1975.

I was surprised by that. If you are looking for a first edition, you would want one from 1975 published by Putnam, not the edition from SIU Press.

 

[gentlemanrob]

I wanted to get this back to the top since today is Mrs. Grant's birthday.