SKU: TP017
The Toy Presidents are now half-priced! They have never been removed from their original boxes. The Toy Presidents are being sold as-is, with no returns or exchanges, because some have dead batteries. These batteries were available from Toy Presidents, Inc., for $1 apiece, and they may be available from local stores that sell batteries. Remove the battery and take it with you during your search.
This is a great opportunity to snatch up a bargain before they’re all gone!
Born in Ohio in 1822 Ulysses S. Grant attended West Point and graduated in the middle of his class. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Grant was appointed by the Governor of Illinois to command an unruly volunteer regiment. Grant whipped it into shape, and by September 1861 he had risen to the rank of brigadier general of volunteers. Throughout the Civil War Grant continued to rise through the ranks, despite growing criticism. After key victories at Vicksburg and Chattanooga, Grant was appointed General-in-Chief in March 1864. Shortly thereafter, Grant directed Sherman to drive through the South while he himself, with the Army of the Potomac, pinned down Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Finally, on April 9, 1865, at Appomattox Court House, Lee surrendered. Grant wrote out magnanimous terms of surrender that would prevent treason trials. Late in the administration of Andrew Johnson, Gen. Grant quarreled with the President and aligned himself with the Radical Republicans. He was, as the symbol of Union victory during the Civil War, their logical candidate for President in 1868. When he was elected, the American people hoped for an end to turmoil. Grant provided neither vigor nor reform. Looking to Congress for direction, he seemed bewildered. One visitor to the White House noted 'a puzzled pathos, as of a man with a problem before him of which he does not understand the terms.' Although a man of scrupulous honesty, Grant as President accepted handsome presents from admirers. Worse, he allowed himself to be seen with two speculators, Jay Gould and James Fisk. When Grant realized their scheme to corner the market in gold, he authorized the Secretary of the Treasury to sell enough gold to wreck their plans, but the speculation had already wrought havoc with business. Grant allowed Radical Reconstruction to run its course in the South, bolstering it at times with military force. After retiring from the Presidency, Grant became a partner in a financial firm, which went bankrupt. About that time he learned that he had cancer of the throat. He started writing his recollections to pay off his debts and provide for his family, racing against death to produce a memoir that ultimately earned nearly $450,000. Soon after completing the last page, in 1885, he died. Source: www.whitehouse.gov
Dimensions in inches
Height: 4.00
Width:6.00
Depth: 13.00
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Toy Presidents
