Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was an American soldier and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As president, Grant worked with the Radical Republicans in the Reconstruction of the Union while having to deal with corruption in his administration. He inherited some of Hannah's Methodist piety and quiet nature. Grant was largely apolitical before the war but wrote, 'If I had ever had any political sympathies they would have been with the Whigs. I was raised in that school.' I was raised in that school.' The next year, the Grants moved to land on Julia's father's farm, and built a home called 'Hardscrabble' on Grant's Farm.