Who was Ulysses S. Grant’s first child?

Frederick Dent Grant was the first child of President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant and his wife Julia Grant.

Frederick was born on May 30, 1850 and he died on April 12, 1912 at age 62. Frederick’s father was in the United States army when he [Frederick] was born.

A soldier and United States minister to Austria-Hungary, Grant was after his uncle, Frederick Dent.

Frederick schooled in a public school in Galena until the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861.

He was appointed to West Point in 1866 and graduated in 1871.

After graduating from West Point, Grant was assigned to the 4th U.S. Cavalry Regiment.

In 1873, he was assigned to the staff of General Philip Sheridan and promoted to lieutenant colonel. He was on a Yellowstone Expedition and was with George Armstrong Custer during the Black Hills expedition.

When the Spanish–American War started in 1898, Grant was commissioned as colonel of the 14th New York Volunteers on May 2, 1898, and was promoted to brigadier general of volunteers on the 27th of the same month.

He arrived in Ponce, Puerto Rico on August 16 and participated in the occupation of Puerto Rico under General Nelson Miles.

Frederick died of cancer, the same disease that had claimed his father.

At the time of his death, Frederick Grant was the second most senior officer on active duty in the U.S. Army after Major General Leonard Wood.

His funeral service was held in the chapel at Fort Jay and he was buried in the West Point Cemetery.