- In office since
- March 4, 1869
- Left office
- March 4, 1877
- Born
- April 27, 1822
- Died
- July 23, 1885
- Religion
- Presbyterianism, Methodism[2]
Life phases1
One octagon for each phase of the life of Ulysses S. Grant. Each of the eight axes is scored 0 to 5 against a written rubric from documented evidence, with its source; an axis without evidence is a gap, not a zero. There is no total and no ideal shape: it is a profile, not a ranking. Appearance and personality are not axes, because they cannot be scored from evidence.
No total and no ideal shape: a longer spoke means more of that axis, so a long Misconduct spoke is more documented misconduct.
Scores, rubric and sources
- 01Education3 of 5
- Low confidenceWest Point graduate 1843.[1]Highest attainment by then: 1 secondary school, 2 some college, 3 bachelor's degree, 4 master's or professional degree, 5 doctorate.
- 02WealthNo evidence
- Net worth or income against the national thresholds of the time: 1 below the median household, 3 top 5%, 5 top 0.1%.
- 03Position5 of 5
- High confidenceHead of state and government 4 March 1869 - 4 March 1877.[1]Scope of the role held: 1 entry level, 3 senior manager or legislator, 5 head of state or government, or the top role of a major institution.
- 04Public standingNo evidence
- Public approval or favourability where it was measured: 1 under 20%, 3 35 to 50%, 5 over 65%.
- 05Health1 of 5
- High confidenceDying of throat cancer in 1885 while writing his memoirs; died 23 July 1885 aged 63 at Grant Cottage, Moreau, New York.[1]Documented health where an examination or disclosure exists: 5 no documented concern, 1 a serious documented condition.
- 06MisconductNo evidence
- The documented legal and ethics record within the phase, as in the misconduct meter: 0 none documented, 1 only matters resolved in their favour, 2 an open matter, 3 one finding, 4 two or three, 5 four or more. More is more documented misconduct.
- 07Social good3.5 of 5
- Low confidenceFifteenth Amendment ratified February 1870; roughly 1,000 Klan indictments and over 550 convictions; Department of Justice created; Civil Rights Act of 1875 largely unenforced and struck down in 1883; Indian wars fell from 101 (1869) to 15 (1875) but Marias Massacre killed 173 Piegan.[3]Assessed effects of what they did in the phase on health, safety, education, rights and the environment, from official statistics or peer-reviewed evidence: 0 clearly harmful, 2.5 mixed, 5 clearly beneficial.
- 08Economic good1.5 of 5
- Low confidencePanic of 1873 began a depression of about five years with unemployment reaching 14% and wages down 25% for three years; Resumption Act of 1875 (effective 1 January 1879) and debt paydown were the administration's main fiscal moves.[3]Assessed effects of what they did in the phase on efficiency, growth and fiscal sustainability, from CBO and peer-reviewed evidence, as in the good-for-society reading: 0 clearly harmful, 2.5 mixed, 5 clearly beneficial.
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Sources3
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