Who was the president when Wilson served as vice president?
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes
Answer
Ulysses S. Grant was the president when Wilson served as vice president. This was during the Reconstruction era, after the Civil War. Grant was a Union general who had led the North to victory in the war. He was a popular president, but his administration was plagued by corruption. Wilson was a Democrat, and he opposed many of Grant's policies. He served as vice president from 1873 to 1877.
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