General U.S. Grant gets his fifth star


In the ‘‘James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, one section relates to General Grant:

SEC. 583. POSTHUMOUS APPOINTMENT OF ULYSSES S. GRANT TO GRADE OF GENERAL OF THE ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES.
The President is authorized to appoint Ulysses S. Grant posthumously to the grade of General of the Armies of the United States, equal to the rank and precedence held by General John J. Pershing pursuant to the Act titled ‘‘An Act Relating to the creation of the office of General of the Armies of the United States’’, approved September 3, 1919 (41 Stat. 283, ch. 56).

Sen. Roy Blunt, R-MO, introduced S.J.Res.26 – Ulysses S. Grant Bicentennial Recognition Act on 9/22/2021, and it was cosponsored by Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-OH. Rep. Ann Wagner, R-MO-2, introduced the House version, cosponsored by Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-NY-13, Rep. Elise M. Stefanik, R-NY-21, Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-IL-17, Rep. Michael Guest, R-MS-3, Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, R-NE-1, Rep. Michael Waltz, R-FL-6, Rep. Vicky Hartzler, R-MO-4, Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-MO-3, Rep. Byron Donalds, R-FL-19, Rep. Kat Cammack, R-FL-3, Rep. Bill Johnson, R-OH-6, Rep. Jason Smith,R-MO-8, Rep. Sam Graves, R-MO-6, Rep. Blake D. Moore, R-UT-1, Rep. Michael R. Turner, R-OH-10, and Rep. Jim Banks, R-IN-3.

In this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mObMqSWBjI

Senator Blunt delivered an address at the Ulysses S. Grant Bicentennial Commemoration at Grant’s monument in front of the Capitol. In it, he noted three of Grant’s biographies: Ron White’s, H.W. Brands’, and Ron Chernow’s. Ron White, Blunt stated, indicated that Grant was a “great” president, as well.

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