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Grant was elected president in 1868 and re-elected in 1872.
Ulysses S. Grant
Grant's presidency
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Grant presided over the final stages of Reconstruction. He favored amnesty for Confederates, but also kept small numbers of troops in the South, to protect African Americans and suppress the violent KKK.