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Originally Posted by Ashcan Bill
I'm pretty sure Grant didn't run for a third term in 1876. At that time presidents followed Washington's precedent that two terms were enough. There was an effort to nominate Grant for a third term in 1879, but it didn't pan out. His memoirs were written as he was dying, and published after his death in 1885.
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Thanks. I must admit, I'm no history buff and I didn't take the time and effort, that perhaps I should have, to verify the information.