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1822

Discover what happened in this year with HISTORY’s summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.

Apr

27

U.S. Presidents

President Ulysses S. Grant is born

Ulysses S. Grant, Civil War leader and 18th president of the United States, is born on April 27, 1822, in Point Pleasant, Ohio.

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Sep

30

Hispanic History

Joseph Marion Hernández becomes the first Hispanic elected to Congress

On September 30, 1822, Joseph Marion Hernández becomes the first Hispanic to be elected to the United States Congress. Born a Spanish citizen, Hernández would die in Cuba, but in between he became the first Hispanic American to serve at the highest levels of any of three branches of the American federal government.

Joseph Marion Hernandez

Library of Congress

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