The presidency of Ulysses S. Grant began on March 4, 1869, when Ulysses S. Grant was inaugurated as the 18th president of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1877. Grant took office in the aftermath of the Civil War, and he presided over much of the Reconstruction Era. A Republican, Grant became president after defeating Democrat Horatio Seymour in the 1868 presidential election. Reconstruction took precedence during Grant's two terms of office. Democrats accepted the end of slavery and focused on economic policy. The party held its July convention in New York at Tammany Hall. The Democratic Party platform advocated war bonds be redeemed with $100,000,000 in greenbacks and the rest with gold. It advocated former Confederates be allowed to hold elective offices. Grant's cabinet choices surprised the nation and were met with both criticism and approval.
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