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Ulysses Simpson Grant III (July 4, 1881August 29, 1968) was a
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officer and planner. He was the son of
Frederick Dent Grant Frederick Dent Grant (May 30, 1850 – April 12, 1912) was a soldier and United States minister to Austria-Hungary. Grant was the first son of General and President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant and Julia Grant. He was named after his ...
, and the grandson of General of the Army and
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Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant ; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General, he led the Union Ar ...
.


Early life and education

Grant was born in Chicago, as a grandson of President and General
Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant ; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General, he led the Union Ar ...
and educated in
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, where his father was an American
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. He attended
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until 1898 when he received an appointment to
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. In July and August 1899, both Grant and
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joined their first summer camp at West Point, and they were especially marked plebes for
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by upperclassmen since they were the
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and
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, respectively, of well-known men (
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and
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). Grant graduated sixth in his class in 1903 while
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graduated first in that class.


Career

After his graduation from West Point, Grant was assigned to the Corps of Engineers of the
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and graduated from the U.S. Engineer School in 1908. He also served in the
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Corps from 1917 to 1920 and again from 1936 to 1940. Grant served on
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in the
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(1903–04); the
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(1906); the
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(1913–17), including the Veracruz Expedition (1914), and the
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(1916); as well as in
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and
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. In 1904 Grant served as an aide to President
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. Grant met his future wife while he was at the
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. In 1907, Grant married Edith Ruth Root (1878–1962), the daughter of
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, the former
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and Secretary of State. They had three daughters: Edith, Clara Frances, and Julia. During World War I, Grant was promoted to
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. From 1918 to 1919, Major Grant served on the staff of General
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, the United States representative at the
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at
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. Grant was the secretary of the American section. In 1918, he assisted in the treaty negotiations with Germany regarding the treatment of
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. In 1919, Grant served on President
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's commission to negotiate peace in
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.


Post-World War I

After the war, Grant returned to the United States and was the district engineer of the 2nd Engineer District in
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. While in California, Grant also served on the
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. On August 28, 1923, Grant made his first visit to the
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. The
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of General Grant National Park (now
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) invited Grant to see the park named after Grant's grandfather. Grant visited the
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and the
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, a
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. By 1923, Grant went to
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and was the executive officer of the
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Commission and a member of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. In 1925, he was director of the newly created Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital (1925–1933). By 1927 he was promoted to
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, and was appointed as a co-director of the bicentennial celebration of the birth of
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. As the director of the parks in Washington, Grant also supervised the
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. Grant expanded the police, instituted plain-clothes patrols, and modernized the force with the addition of motorcycles and automobiles. Later, in 1928, Grant ordered the police to crack down on late-night "petters" in the parks. In 1934, he graduated from the Army War College. He commanded the 1st Engineer Regiment at Fort DuPont, Delaware and the Delaware
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District from 1934 to 1936. He was a full
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by this time. In 1936, Grant was the
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of the Second
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at
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,
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, New York, an army post where his grandfather had stayed prior to his posting to California in 1854 and where his father commanded a department and was division commander until his death in 1912. While in New York, Grant, his wife, and her siblings and their spouses were present at the bedside of his father-in-law,
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, when he died in 1937. In 1940, Grant was division engineer for the
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Engineer Division, headquartered in
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. He was promoted to
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.


World War II

From 1941 to mid 1942, he commanded the Engineer Replacement Training Center at
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, Missouri. In July 1942, Grant was made chief of the Protection Branch of the
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in Washington, D.C.; he was in charge of the United States'
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and often traveled across the country in this capacity. In 1943, Grant was promoted to
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. In July 1945 he reached the mandatory retirement age of 64 and retired on 31st of the month. The next day he was recalled to active duty and served until he became fully retired from the Army on July 15, 1946.


Post military career

After his retirement from the army, Grant again served on the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. He was vice president of
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from 1946 to 1951. In addition, he also served as president of the American Planning and Civic Association from 1947 to 1949. He was also on the National Council of Historic Sites and a trustee of the
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. Grant's testimony as a Corps of Engineers veteran before Congress in opposition to the
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in
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was a key element in the cancellation of the project, and in protection of national park lands against water development projects. From 1952 to 1968, Grant served as president of the
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of the Columbia Historical Society (now the
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). From 1957 to 1961, he was chairman of the Civil War Centennial Commission. He resigned from the Centennial Commission due to the illness of his wife and because of controversies that developed in planning commemorative events for the centennial of the
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.


Memberships

Grant belonged to the
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(MOLLUS), the
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(SUVCW) and the
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. He served as the Aztec Club's president for three non-consecutive terms from 1951 to 1952, 1953 to 1954 and 1955 to 1956. He served as commander-in-chief of MOLLUS from 1957 to 1961. He also served as commander-in-chief of the SUVCW from 1953 to 1955 and as national counselor of the SUVCW from 1961 until his death in 1968. He is the only person to have served as the national president of all three organizations. In 1912 he was elected to membership in the Empire State Society of the
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and was assigned SAR national membership number 24,174. He was also an hereditary member of the
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in succession to his father who died in 1912. He was also a member of the
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and served as the Order's Governor General. In addition to the above organizations, Grant was also eligible for membership in the
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,
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,
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,
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and the
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.


Later life and death

After the death of his wife, General Grant remained at his
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on the outskirts of Clinton, New York near
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. In 1961, Grant received an honorary
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degree from
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. Grant died August 29, 1968, in Clinton, New York and was buried at the Hamilton College Cemetery near his father-in-law. His cousin was
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, the son of
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Awards and decorations

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Legion of Merit The Legion of Merit (LOM) is a military award of the United States Armed Forces that is given for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements. The decoration is issued to members of the eight ...
*   
Philippine Campaign Medal The Philippine Campaign Medal is a medal of the United States Armed Forces which was created to denote service of U.S. military men in the Philippine–American War between the years of 1899 and 1913. Although a single service medal, the Philippin ...
*   
Army of Cuban Pacification Medal The Cuban Pacification Medal (Army) is a military award of the United States Army which was created by orders of the United States War Department on May 11, 1909. The medal was created to recognize service during the United States occupation of ...
*   
Mexican Service Medal The Mexican Service Medal is an award of the United States military for service in Mexico from 1911 to 1919. History The Mexican Service Medal awarded by the Army was established by General Orders of the United States War Department on December ...
*    World War I Victory Medal *   
American Defense Service Medal The American Defense Service Medal was a military award of the United States Armed Forces, established by , by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, on June 28, 1941. The medal was intended to recognize those military service members who had served ...
*   
American Campaign Medal The American Campaign Medal is a military award of the United States Armed Forces which was first created on November 6, 1942, by issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The medal was intended to recognize those military members who had perfo ...
*   
World War II Victory Medal The World War II Victory Medal is a service medal of the United States military which was established by an Act of Congress on 6 July 1945 (Public Law 135, 79th Congress) and promulgated by Section V, War Department Bulletin 12, 1945. The Wor ...
*   Companion of the
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(UK) *    Officier
Légion d'honneur The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon ...
(France) *   
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(France) *   
Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus The Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus ( it, Ordine dei Santi Maurizio e Lazzaro) (abbreviated OSSML) is a Roman Catholic dynastic order of knighthood bestowed by the royal House of Savoy. It is the second-oldest order of knighthood in the wo ...
(Italy)


Dates of rank

Source: ''U.S. Army Register'', 1946.''United States Army Register''. 1946. Vol. 1. pg. 894.


Bibliography

* "Washington, a Treasure of Opportunities." ''American Magazine of Art'' Vol. 22, May 1931. * "Washington, a Planned City in Evolution." ''Journal of the American Institute of Architects'' Vol. 1, March 1944. * "Major Problems in Planning a Worthy Capital for the Nation." ''Landscape Architecture'' Vol. 40, October 1949. * "Here Comes the Greatest Centennial in U.S. History!" published in various newspapers October 1960. * ''Ulysses S. Grant: Warrior and Statesman''. (1969) William Morrow & Company, New York. This is a biography of his famous grandfather and was published posthumously.


See also


References


Further reading

* "Be Thou at Rest". ''Assembly'' Association of Graduates, U.S.M.A. Vol. 29, No. 3, Fall 1970, pp. 115–116. *
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, various articles 1923–1961. * ''
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in America 1954–1955''. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who. * ''Who Was Who in America 1969–1973''. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who. * ''
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''. (1973) Vol. 54. New York: James T. White & Co., pp. 401–402.


External links

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