The Election Of 1872: Ulysses S. Grant vs. Horace Greeley
Intro: Hello and welcome back to another edition of the presidential election series as I'll be going over the election of 1872, Ulysses S. Grant wants to be a two termer but his got a lot of enemies who don't want to see that happen...So with all that said, let's get into it. Grant's First Term President Ulysses S. Grant was widely popular especially with African Americans after the ratification and passing of the 15th Amendment on February 3rd, 1870 which prevented the government from suppressing a person's right to vote regardless of the color of their skin, race or previous condition of servitude. Grant has also been busy dismantling the first iteration of the Ku Klux Klan after the passing of the Enforcement Act of 1870 with many KKK members being put on trial and later convicted for their heinous crimes. Because of this and much more, Grant easily won the re-nomination by the Republican Party but this time he would be running for president with a different