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Julia Grant

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The Resume

    (January 26, 1826-December 14, 1902)
    Birth name is Julia Boggs Dent
    First Lady (1869-1877)
    Married President Ulysses S. Grant (August 22, 1848)

Why she might be annoying:

    She despised arithmetic.
    She was upset that President Ulysses S. Grant did not seek a third term.
    She broke down and wept openly when she left the White House.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She enjoyed being First Lady probably more than any other First Lady.
    She was upbeat, with great sense of humor.
    Her upbeat mood rarely reflected whether she was living in wealth or poverty.
    She attended Mauro Boarding School.
    Her daughter Nellie married in the White House (1874). Walt Whitman presented Nellie with a poem (Bliss for the Bride). Nellie divorced her husband because he was a drunk.
    She was the first First Lady to serve an eight year term since Elizabeth Monroe.
    She prohibited smoking in the White House except for President Ulysses S. Grant's cigars.
    She held Tuesday afternoon receptions, in which she was asked if blacks would be permitted, to which she replied: 'Admit all.'
    She and President Ulysses S. Grant spent more than two years touring the world.
    She was the first First Lady to write a book of her memories.
    She became friends with the First Ladies that followed her.
    She is buried in Grant's Tomb.

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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 10 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 16 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 11 Votes: 27.27% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 18 Votes: 38.89% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 12 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 34 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 30 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 26 Votes: 42.31% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 112 Votes: 44.64% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 113 Votes: 46.90% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 59 Votes: 30.51% Annoying