Julia Grant | |
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First Lady of the United States | |
In role March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877 | |
President | Ulysses S. Grant |
Preceded by | Eliza Johnson |
Succeeded by | Lucy Hayes |
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Born | Julia Boggs Dent January 26, 1826 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
Died | December 14, 1902 Washington, D.C., U.S. | (aged 76)
Resting place | General Grant National Memorial Manhattan, New York |
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Julia Boggs Grant (née Dent; January 26, 1826 – December 14, 1902) was the 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.