USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Grant is best known as the Union general who led the United States to victory over the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. As a two-term President, he is typically dismissed as weak and ineffective; historians have often ranked Grant’s presidency near the bottom in American history.

Detailed explanation-2: -Benjamin Bristow was among the leading candidates to replace him, suggesting that a large faction desired an end to “Grantism” and feared that Grant would run for a third term. Ultimately, Grant did not run, but neither was Bristow the nominee, as the convention settled on Governor Rutherford B.