Julia Grant

AmericansWomenFirst Ladies1800s1900s
Written By Heather Rogers, America's Preeminent Presidential Doodler

FIRST LADY TO ULYSSES S. GRANT // #18

  • Engaged for four years, seeing each other only once the entire time

  • Their dads weren’t on board with the marriage

  • Grant’s parents didn’t approve that her family enslaved people

  • After Grant’s death, she became friends with Jefferson Davis’ wife

  • Grandmother of Princess Julia Dent Grant Cantacuzène, a Russian princess

Julia Grant
Heather Rogers, America's Preeminent Presidential Doodler

I’ve read at least one book about every U.S. president, never tire of shoehorning presidential trivia into conversations, and am basically an expert at hiding mistakes in my sketchbooks.

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