What we can learn from America’s Most Underrated President? — Market Mad House

The story of our most underrated president can teach us a lot about America and its prejudices. In addition, the shoddy treatment of Ulysses S. Grant (R-Illinois) 1869–1877 shows how scholars can distort history to satisfy their own prejudices.

Grant is often listed as one of “America’s worst presidents,” yet the historical record does not justify those claims. For instance, I recently listed America’s five worst presidents as James Buchanan (D-Pennsylvania), Woodrow Wilson (D-New Jersey), James…