(This column has been updated to correct the year of Abraham Lincoln's death.) Late last year, residents of Salem, Ohio, unveiled a new statue of ... James Garfield, Ulysses Grant, Rutherford ...

Born Hiram Ulysses Grant, he became known as U.S. ("Unconditional Surrender") Grant under Lincoln. In 1868, he became the youngest man yet elected to the U.S. presidency, serving two terms marred ...

Columnist Charita Goshay writes that a new statue of Abraham Lincoln in Salem reminds us of the promise and power of the American presidency.