Ulysses S. Grant was in The Hobbit.
Ulysses S. Grant -LRB- born Hiram Ulysses Grant ; April 27 , 1822 -- July 23 , 1885 -RRB- was the 18th President of the United States -LRB- 1869 -- 77 -RRB- .	18th President of the United States	List of Presidents of the United States
It was published on 21 September 1937 to wide critical acclaim , being nominated for the Carnegie Medal and awarded a prize from the New York Herald Tribune for best juvenile fiction .	Carnegie Medal	Carnegie Medal (literary award)	New York Herald Tribune	New York Herald Tribune
