ON THIS DAY IN 1875, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “LONG BRANCH ― President Grant, accompanied by his private Secretary, General Babcock, Mr. Algernon Sartoris and a friend, left here ...

WASHINGTON, June 9.—Algernon Sartoris, grandson of President Grant and until a few days ago Secretary of the American Legation in Guatemala, has resigned from the service.

The First Daughter’s husband, Algernon Sartoris, was a wealthy English singer (he wasn’t even American!) They ended up tying the knot in the East Room of the White House and Ulysses cried through the ...

The situation evoked memories of Ulysses S. Grant, who brooded for 18 months before al lowing the dashing Algernon Sartoris to marry his Nellie, who was a tender 18 by the time she reached the altar.

THE BEWITCHING MRS. BUSH.; A COMEDY IN WHICH ALGERNON SARTORIS AND SOME TRADESMEN TAKE PARTS. June 28, 1883 The New York Times Archives See the article in its original context from June 28, 1883 ...

As former first daughter Chelsea Clinton prepares to walk down the aisle Saturday, take a look back at some other first-family weddings.

The first closely followed White House wedding was in 1874, when the daughter of former President Ulysses S. Grant, Nellie Grant, was married to Algernon Sartoris in the East Room.

1874: Nellie Grant The daughter of President Ulysses S. Grant married Algernon Sartoris, an English singer, in the East Room.

A turning point came in 1874, nine years after the end of the Civil War, when President Ulysses Grant’s daughter Nellie Grant wed Algernon Sartoris, a British diplomat, in the executive mansion ...

A turning point came in 1874, nine years after the end of the Civil War, when President Ulysses Grant’s daughter Nellie Grant wed Algernon Sartoris, a British diplomat, in the executive mansion ...