This past week was President Ulysses S. Grant’s 200th birthday! Right outside of the Majority Office we have a signed document which contains President Grant’s signature, which was gifted to New Hampshire in celebration of America’s Centennial anniversary.

Although President Grant served before the First in the Nation Primary was a New Hampshire tradition, he visited New Hampshire in October of 1871 and was the fourth president to visit the state in the 19th century. President Grant was on his way to a railroad opening ceremony in Maine and cut through New Hampshire on his way.