The Politics of Cigars

[Ashcan Bill]

Originally Posted by nozero

Ulysses S. Grant - yes, that's U.S. Grant - helped win the Civil War for the Union side, then got himself elected President for two terms (1869-1877). ... According to those who've read his two-volume memoir, which was a national bestseller in the immediate aftermath of his defeat in the 1876 presidential campaign, he was also a terrific writer.

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.