Ulysses S. Grant Signed Presidential Appointment.

GRANT, Ulysses S.

$2,500.00

Item Number: 147217

Rare original Presidential appointment signed by Ulysses S. Grant as the eighteenth President of the United States. One page, partially printed, the commission is dated 25 March, 1875 and appoints John H. Calef as “Captain in the Second Regiment of Artillery in the service of the United States.” Signed by Ulysses S. Grant as President and countersigned by Secretary of War William W. Belknap. Retaining the original gold foil seal. Handsomely matted and framed with a portrait of Grant and engraved informational plate. In near fine condition. The entire piece measures 30 inches by 26 inches.

Prior to serving as the 18th President of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant served as the Commanding General of the United States Army and led the Union to victory over the Confederacy under the supervision of President Abraham Lincoln. Elected president in 1868, Grant stabilized the post-war national economy, created the Department of Justice, and led the Republicans in their efforts to remove the vestiges of Confederate nationalism, racism, and slavery. The presidential administration, including the cabinet, of Ulysses S. Grant was fraught with scandal and corruption, following the Black Friday gold panic in 1869, scandals were discovered in seven federal departments including the Treasury, Interior, and State. Known to run his cabinet in an unprecedented military style, Grant often pardoned whose accused and convicted of government crimes, nepotism became prevalent in his appointments with over 40 family members appointed by him to the United States government throughout his two terms.