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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 4404480, member: 101855&quot;]Yes, the third one is U.S. Grant. In 1865 he was at the height of his political popularity. Lincoln was dead, and President Andrew Johnson was as popular as small pox.</p><p><br /></p><p>The many Grant scandals were not in the forefront of people’s minds. They only remembered the Civil War hero who had died fairly recently.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a Grant for president medalet that was issued in 1864. A “Grant for President Group” was forming. The reason why Lincoln did not make Grant the head of the Army earlier was that he was afraid that Grant would try to unseat him for the 1864 Republican presidential nomination. Grant told him he had no intention of running, and Lincoln promoted him.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1106692[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1106693[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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