Description: Vice President Thomas A. Hendricks was born at this site on September 7, 1819, near Zanesville, Ohio. While still a baby, Thomas' family moved to Indiana and he grew up and rose to prominence in the Hoosier State. Hendricks served consecutively in the Indiana State Legislature and the U.S. House of Representatives during the late 1840s and the 1850s. From 1863 to1869, he was one of Indiana's U.S. Senators. Hoosiers elected Hendricks to serve as Indiana's sixteenth governor in 1872, making him the first Democrat to win that office in a northern state after the Civil War. In 1876, vice-presidential candidate Hendricks and his running mate, Samuel Tilden, lost the presidential election to Ohioan Rutherford B. Hayes. Hendricks joined Grover Cleveland on the Democratic party's presidential ticket in 1884 and won. Hendricks died in 1885, after serving only eight months as vice president. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07688
Subjects: Birthplaces; Vice-Presidential candidates--United States; Politicians;
Places: Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: Birthplace of U. S. Grant. Ulysses Simpson Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant on April 27, 1822, in Point Pleasant, Ohio. In 1823, his family moved to Georgetown, Ohio. Grant lived there until he received an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1839. Grant graduated from West Point in 1843. He ranked twenty-first in a class of thirty-nine students. Grant served under General Zachary Taylor in the Mexican-American War. In the years before the American Civil War, Grant lived much of the time in St. Louis, Missouri, working as a real estate agent and as a farmer. He failed in both of these businesses. Grant also assisted his father in a tannery business. After the Battle of Fort Sumter in April 1861, Grant volunteered for military duty. He first served as colonel of the Twenty-First Illinois Infantry but soon was promoted to the rank of brigadier general due to his previous military experience. In March 1864, President Lincoln promoted Grant to lieutenant general and named him supreme commander of all Union forces. By early June 1864, Grant had surrounded General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia at Petersburg, Virginia, and a ten month siege ensued. The Northerners finally drove the Confederates from Petersburg in early April 1865, and The Army of Northern Virginia surrendered on April 9, 1865. n 1868, the Democratic Party chose Horatio Seymour as its presidential candidate. Seymour, a former governor of New York, supported states' rights and opposed equal rights for African Americans with whites. The Republican Party selected Grant, a defender of equal opportunities for African Americans with whites and a supporter of a strong federal government. Grant easily won the Electoral College vote, capturing twenty-six of the thirty-four states. Grant's first term as president was troubled with corruption. Grant remained above the corruption, but some of the U.S. public faulted him for his poor leadership and his inability to control his cabinet. Grant sought reelection in 1872. He won easily, receiving fifty-six percent of the popular vote. Grant promised to end the violence in the South but did little about it during his second term. An economic depression in 1873 further alienated the public from Grant. Due to Grant's declining popularity, the Republican Party nominated Rutherford B. Hayes as president, although Grant had desired to seek a third term. Grant also sought the party's candidacy in 1880, but the Republicans selected James Garfield instead. Grant spent his last years in New York, writing his memoirs. When he was elected president, Grant had resigned his commission in the military. In 1885, the United States Congress reappointed Grant as General of the Army. His salary helped him pay rising bills. He died on July 23, 1885 from throat cancer. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07703
Subjects: Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885; Birthplaces; Historic houses
Places: Point Pleasant (Ohio); Clermont County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of the George McConnell house in Urbana, Ohio. “The George McConnell House (Joseph P. Fyffe Birthplace), W. Market St., is a beautiful residence in modified Georgian Colonial style. Many of its architectural details, including the stately portico, have been added in recent years. A side elevation overlooks a small stream; and the house is surrounded by great trees. An attractive serpentine brick wall encloses part of the landscaped grounds. In 1856 Joseph P. Fyffe, son of a local doctor, was decorated by Queen Victoria. Fyffe had entered the Navy at the age of 15 (1847), served during the Mexican War, and risen rapidly from the ranks. In 1856 he volunteered for the Grinnel Expedition, which searched the Arctic regions for the Sir John Franklin party. For this service to the Crown, England’s Queen conferred upon Fyffe the Arctic Order of Victoria. During the Civil War, Fyffe (1832-1896) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy. Joseph P. Fyffe’s final resting place is in the Oak Dale Cemetery, at the end of Patrick Avenue, in Urbana, Ohio. George McConnell was co-owner of the Urbana News Company. He and Frank C. Gaumer purchased the Urbana Daily Tribune and the Urbana Daily Times, and merged with the Urbana Daily Citizen, to become the Urbana Daily Times-Citizen.” Writers’ Program (Ohio). (1942). Urbana and Champaign county. Gaumer Pub. Co, Urbana, O., [©1942]. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F04_009_001
Subjects: Urbana (Ohio); Historic houses; Architecture--Ohio; Birthplaces; Civil War
Places: Urbana (Ohio); Champaign County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of the George McConnell house in Urbana, Ohio. “The George McConnell House (Joseph P. Fyffe Birthplace), W. Market St., is a beautiful residence in modified Georgian Colonial style. Many of its architectural details, including the stately portico, have been added in recent years. A side elevation overlooks a small stream; and the house is surrounded by great trees. An attractive serpentine brick wall encloses part of the landscaped grounds. In 1856 Joseph P. Fyffe, son of a local doctor, was decorated by Queen Victoria. Fyffe had entered the Navy at the age of 15 (1847), served during the Mexican War, and risen rapidly from the ranks. In 1856 he volunteered for the Grinnel Expedition, which searched the Arctic regions for the Sir John Franklin party. For this service to the Crown, England’s Queen conferred upon Fyffe the Arctic Order of Victoria. During the Civil War, Fyffe (1832-1896) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy. Joseph P. Fyffe’s final resting place is in the Oak Dale Cemetery, at the end of Patrick Avenue, in Urbana, Ohio. George McConnell was co-owner of the Urbana News Company. He and Frank C. Gaumer purchased the Urbana Daily Tribune and the Urbana Daily Times, and merged with the Urbana Daily Citizen, to become the Urbana Daily Times-Citizen.” Writers’ Program (Ohio). (1942). Urbana and Champaign county. Gaumer Pub. Co, Urbana, O., [©1942]. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F04_010_001
Subjects: Urbana (Ohio); Historic houses; Architecture--Ohio; Birthplaces; Civil War
Places: Urbana (Ohio); Champaign County (Ohio)
 

Description: The color photograph shows the exterior of the Ulysses S. Grant Birthplace in Point Pleasant, Ohio, in 1993. The cabin, painted white, has two windows on either side of the front door. A tall brick chimney, also white, stands on the cabin's right side. A white fence extends along the front of the cabin, and a stone walkway leads to the front steps. A sign identifying the site is located on the lawn. Hiram Ulysses Grant was born in this one-story, timber-frame home on April 27, 1822, to Jesse and Hannah Simpson Grant. The Grants settled in Point Pleasant the previous year, and Jesse took charge of the tannery located near the cottage. The cabin was removed from its foundation in Point Pleasant in 1888 and placed aboard a boat for exhibition in Cincinnati. Afterwards it was moved to Goodale Park (Columbus, Ohio) as part of the Northwest Territory centennial. During the 1890s the cabin was returned to the fairgrounds in Columbus. It remained there until 1936, when the Ohio Historical Society, under a legislative order, returned it to its original site in Point Pleasant, Ohio. The dismantling of the badly deteriorated cabin for relocation occurred in February 1936 at the Columbus Fairgrounds. The cabin was restored with period furniture and opened to public tours. The Grant Birthplace memorial is located at 1551 State Rt 232, in Point Pleasant (Clermont County), just off of U.S. Route 52, about five miles east of New Richmond. Ulysses Simpson Grant was an American military leader and the eighteenth president of the United States. He served in the Mexican War but was never happy with military life and resigned his commission in 1854. At the outbreak of the Civil War he organized a company in Galena and later accepted command of the 21st Illinois Regiment. In August 1861, President Abraham Lincoln made Grant brigadier general of volunteers. In 1864 Grant became lieutenant general commanding all the armies of the U.S. He served as U.S. president from 1869-1877. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07013
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Birthplaces; Point Pleasant (Ohio); Clermont County (Ohio)
Places: Point Pleasant (Ohio); Clermont County (Ohio)
 

Description: This color image shows the interior of the Ulysses S. Grant birthplace, located in Point Pleasant, Ohio. The room includes a brick fireplace, a mantel painted turquoise blue, a wooden table and serving items, a corner cabinet, and wooden bench. Hiram Ulysses Grant was born in this one-story, timber-frame home on April 27, 1822, to Jesse and Hannah Simpson Grant. The Grants settled in Point Pleasant the previous year, and Jesse took charge of the tannery located near the cottage. The cabin was removed from its foundation in Point Pleasant in 1888 and placed aboard a boat for exhibition in Cincinnati. Afterwards it was moved to Goodale Park (Columbus, Ohio) as part of the Northwest Territory centennial. During the 1890s the cabin was returned to the fairgrounds in Columbus. It remained there until 1936, when the Ohio Historical Society, under a legislative order, returned it to its original site in Point Pleasant, Ohio. The dismantling of the badly deteriorated cabin for relocation occurred in February 1936 at the Columbus Fairgrounds. The cabin was restored with period furniture and opened to public tours. The Grant Birthplace memorial is located at 1551 State Rt 232, in Point Pleasant (Clermont County), just off of U.S. Route 52, about five miles east of New Richmond. Ulysses Simpson Grant was an American military leader and the eighteenth president of the United States. He served in the Mexican War but was never happy with military life and resigned his commission in 1854. At the outbreak of the Civil War he organized a company in Galena and later accepted command of the 21st Illinois Regiment. In August 1861, President Abraham Lincoln made Grant brigadier general of volunteers. In 1864 Grant became lieutenant general commanding all the armies of the U.S. He served as U.S. president from 1869-1877. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07014
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Birthplaces; Point Pleasant (Ohio); Clermont County (Ohio)
Places: Point Pleasant (Ohio); Clermont County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photographic postcard features a color image of Ulysses Grant's birthplace, located in Point Pleasant, Ohio. The wood cabin, painted white, has two windows on either side of the front door. A tall brick chimney, also white, stands on the cabin's right side. A white fence extends along the front of the cabin, and a stone walkway leads to the front steps. A sign identifying the site is located on the lawn. The cabin was removed from its foundation in Point Pleasant in 1888 and placed aboard a boat for exhibition in Cincinnati. Afterwards it was moved to Goodale Park (Columbus, Ohio) as part of the Northwest Territory centennial. During the 1890s the cabin was returned to the fairgrounds in Columbus. It remained there until 1936, when the Ohio Historical Society, under a legislative order, returned it to its original site in Point Pleasant, Ohio. The dismantling of the badly deteriorated cabin for relocation occurred in February 1936 at the Columbus Fairgrounds. The cabin was restored with period furniture and opened to public tours. The Grant Birthplace memorial is located at 1551 State Rt 232, in Point Pleasant (Clermont County), just off of U.S. Route 52, about five miles east of New Richmond. Ulysses Simpson Grant was an American military leader and the eighteenth president of the United States. He served in the Mexican War but was never happy with military life and resigned his commission in 1854. At the outbreak of the Civil War he organized a company in Galena and later accepted command of the 21st Illinois Regiment. In August 1861, President Abraham Lincoln made Grant brigadier general of volunteers. In 1864 Grant became lieutenant general commanding all the armies of the U.S. He served as U.S. president from 1869-1877. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05762
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Historic preservation; Historic sites Ohio; Point Pleasant (Ohio); Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Photographic postcards; Birthplaces
Places: Point Pleasant (Ohio); Clermont County (Ohio)
 

Description: This postcard depicts the home where President Warren G. Harding was born on November 2, 1865, near the village of Blooming Grove, Ohio, in Morrow County. The house was built in 1856 and torn down in 1896. The reverse of the postcard includes a note that this image was "From one of his own camera plates, snapped by W.G. Harding, Compliments of Harding Jr, 1/30/24....to Chas. D. Schaffner, Marion, O." The printed portion includes information about the home sworn by C. W. Kramer, Notary Public in Marion County, Ohio on November 9, 1923. Harding graduated from Ohio Central College in Iberia at the age of sixteen. His family moved to Marion, where Harding taught school and briefly studied law. He worked occasionally as a reporter for a local paper before buying the Marion Star in 1884. Within five years, the Star was one of the most successful small-town newspapers in the state. Harding became popular as the leader of the Citizen's Coronet Band, which played at political rallies, and for his skill as an orator. Willing to follow the lead of political bosses, Harding advanced rapidly in Ohio politics, serving as state senator and lieutenant governor. In 1914 Harding was elected to the U. S. Senate. He launched his famous "front porch" 1920 presidential campaign from the porch of his Victorian home in Marion. He won the presidency with sixty percent of the popular vote, promising a "return to normalcy" following the wave of reforms begun during Theodore Roosevelt's administration. As president, Harding appointed several friends to federal office who proved untrustworthy. His administration was tainted by corruption, and the infamous "Teapot Dome" scandal (in which Harding's secretary of the interior leased a government petroleum reserve to a private oil company) nearly destroyed his presidency. After he died in office in August 1923, other scandals were uncovered, further tarnishing Harding's reputation. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Page1
Subjects: Presidents and Politics; Architecture; Houses; Birthplaces; Presidents; Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923
Places: Blooming Grove (Ohio); Morrow County (Ohio)
 

Description: A view of the crowd at the dedication of Grant's Cabin, Point Pleasant, Ohio, on October 4, 1936. The crowd is seen from the back. Point Pleasant was the birthplace of U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885). The cabin was removed from its foundation in Point Pleasant in 1888 and placed aboard a boat for exhibition in Cincinnati. Afterwards it was moved to Goodale Park (Columbus, Ohio) as part of the Northwest Territory centennial. During the 1890s the cabin was returned to the fairgrounds in Columbus, where it remained until 1936 when the Ohio Historical Society, under a legislative order, returned it to its original site in Point Pleasant, Ohio. It has been restored with period furniture and opened to tours. Grant Birthplace is located at 1551 State Rt 232, in Point Pleasant, in Clermont County, just off of U.S. Route 52, about five miles east of New Richmond. Ulysses Simpson Grant was an American military leader and the eighteenth president of the United States. He was born Hiram Ulysses Grant on April 27, 1822, in Point Pleasant. In 1823 his family moved to Georgetown, Ohio, where Grant lived until he received an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1839. A West Point roster mistakenly listed his name as Ulysses Simpson. He was known as Ulysses S. Grant for the rest of his life. He served in the Mexican War but was never happy with military life and resigned his commission in 1854. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he organized a company in Galena, Illinois, and later accepted command of the 21st Illinois Regiment. In August 1861 President Abraham Lincoln made Grant brigadier general of volunteers. In 1864 Grant was made lieutenant general commanding all the armies of the U.S. Grant served as president from 1869-1877. He died in 1885 in MacGregor, New York. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05770
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Historic preservation; Historic sites Ohio; Point Pleasant (Ohio); Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Birthplaces
Places: Point Pleasant (Ohio); Clermont County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of the George McConnell house in Urbana, Ohio. “The George McConnell House (Joseph P. Fyffe Birthplace), W. Market St., is a beautiful residence in modified Georgian Colonial style. Many of its architectural details, including the stately portico, have been added in recent years. A side elevation overlooks a small stream; and the house is surrounded by great trees. An attractive serpentine brick wall encloses part of the landscaped grounds. In 1856 Joseph P. Fyffe, son of a local doctor, was decorated by Queen Victoria. Fyffe had entered the Navy at the age of 15 (1847), served during the Mexican War, and risen rapidly from the ranks. In 1856 he volunteered for the Grinnel Expedition, which searched the Arctic regions for the Sir John Franklin party. For this service to the Crown, England’s Queen conferred upon Fyffe the Arctic Order of Victoria. During the Civil War, Fyffe (1832-1896) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy. Joseph P. Fyffe’s final resting place is in the Oak Dale Cemetery, at the end of Patrick Avenue, in Urbana, Ohio. George McConnell was co-owner of the Urbana News Company. He and Frank C. Gaumer purchased the Urbana Daily Tribune and the Urbana Daily Times, and merged with the Urbana Daily Citizen, to become the Urbana Daily Times-Citizen.” Writers’ Program (Ohio). (1942). Urbana and Champaign county. Gaumer Pub. Co, Urbana, O., [©1942]. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F04_032_001
Subjects: Urbana (Ohio); Historic houses; Architecture--Ohio; Birthplaces; Civil War
Places: Urbana (Ohio); Champaign County (Ohio)
 

Description: An unidentified man wearing a hat and smoking a pipe is holding a piece of termite-damaged wood taken from the cabin where Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio. The cabin was removed from its foundation in Point Pleasant in 1888 and placed aboard a boat for exhibition in Cincinnati. Afterwards it was moved to Goodale Park (Columbus, Ohio) as part of the Northwest Territory centennial. During the 1890s the cabin was returned to the fairgrounds in Columbus. It remained there until 1936, when the Ohio Historical Society, under a legislative order, returned it to its original site in Point Pleasant, Ohio. The dismantling of the badly deteriorated cabin for relocation occurred in February 1936 at the Columbus Fairgrounds. The cabin was restored with period furniture and opened to public tours. The Grant Birthplace memorial is located at 1551 State Rt 232, in Point Pleasant (Clermont County), just off of U.S. Route 52, about five miles east of New Richmond. Ulysses Simpson Grant was an American military leader and the eighteenth president of the United States. He served in the Mexican War but was never happy with military life and resigned his commission in 1854. At the outbreak of the Civil War he organized a company in Galena and later accepted command of the 21st Illinois Regiment. In August 1861, President Abraham Lincoln made Grant brigadier general of volunteers. In 1864 Grant became lieutenant general commanding all the armies of the U.S. He served as U.S. president from 1869-1877. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05773
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Historic sites Ohio; Point Pleasant (Ohio); Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Birthplaces
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: A truss from the Grant Cabin, then located at the State Fairgrounds, Columbus, Ohio. U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) was born in this cabin in Point Pleasant, Ohio. The cabin was removed from its foundation in Point Pleasant in 1888 and placed aboard a boat for exhibition in Cincinnati. Afterwards it was moved to Goodale Park (Columbus, Ohio) as part of the Northwest Territory centennial. During the 1890s the cabin was returned to the fairgrounds in Columbus. It remained there until 1936, when the Ohio Historical Society, under a legislative order, returned it to its original site in Point Pleasant. The cabin, in poor condition, was dismantled in February 1936 before relocation. It has been restored with period furniture and opened for public tours. The Grant Birthplace memorial is located at 1551 State Rt 232, Point Pleasant, in Clermont County, just off of U.S. Route 52, about five miles east of New Richmond. Ulysses Simpson Grant was an American military leader and the eighteenth president of the United States. He served in the Mexican War but was never happy with military life and resigned his commission in 1854. At the outbreak of the Civil War he organized a company in Galena (Illinois) and later accepted command of the 21st Illinois Regiment. In August 1861, President Abraham Lincoln made Grant brigadier general of volunteers. In 1864 Grant became lieutenant general commanding all the armies of the U.S. He served as U.S. president from 1869-1877. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05774
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Historic preservation; Historic sites Ohio; Point Pleasant (Ohio); Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Birthplaces
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)