Julia Grant

Julia Grant
22nd First Lady of the United States
In role
March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877
PresidentUlysses S. Grant
Preceded byEliza Johnson
Succeeded byLucy Hayes
Personal details
Born
Julia Boggs Dent

(1826-01-26)January 26, 1826
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
DiedDecember 14, 1902(1902-12-14) (aged 76)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Resting placeGeneral Grant National Memorial
Manhattan, New York
Spouse
(m. 1848; died 1885)
Children
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Julia Boggs Grant (née Dent; January 26, 1826 – December 14, 1902) was the twenty-second first lady of the United States and wife of President Ulysses S. Grant. As first lady, she became the first woman in the position to write a memoir.[1] Her memoirs, The Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant, were published in 1975.

  1. ^ Caroli, Betty Boyd (2010). First Ladies: From Martha Washington to Michelle Obama. Oxford University Press. pp. 80–85. ISBN 9780199750634.