Grant has won six Grammy Awards, 25 Gospel Music Association Dove Awards, and had the first Christian album ever to go Platinum.

That same year, Grant won $ 125, 000 for charity on the " Rock Star Edition " of " Who Wants to Be a Millionaire ".

The Vikings, coached by Bud Grant, won the NFC Central for the eighth time in the last nine seasons with an 11 – 2 – 1 record, and advanced to their fourth Super Bowl in eight years.

This was also Kangaroos ' veteran Shannon Grant's last AFL game, and he was given a standing ovation by both Swans and Kangaroos players as he represented both clubs throughout his career ( although it was at North Melbourne where Grant really made his mark in the game ) Their only clash in 2009 ( Round 14, which the Swans won by 15 points to end a four-game losing streak ) was aired into both the Sydney and Brisbane markets rather than the live vs. match which was a high-rating television match around the rest of the country.

Although Lee's allies denounced Grant in the 1870s as a ruthless butcher who won by brute force, most historians have hailed his military genius.

Grant won passage of the Fifteenth Amendment ; giving constitutional protection for African-American voting rights.

In the general election of that year, Grant won against former New York Governor Horatio Seymour with a lead of 300, 000 votes out of 5, 716, 082 votes cast.

President Grant won passage of the Fifteenth Amendment having guaranteed the voting rights to over a million freed African Americans.

Keynes had won the affections of Arthur Hobhouse, as well as Grant, both times falling out with a jealous Strachey for it.

Grant won the presidency.

Grant, the previous commander of the District of Cairo, had recently won a major victory at Fort Henry and been given command of the ill-defined District of West Tennessee.

Eventually, Sherman won approval from his superiors for a plan to cut loose from his communications and march south, having advised Grant that he could " make Georgia howl ".

* In 2010, Fort Worth won a $ 25 million Federal Urban Circulator Grant to build a streetcar system.

Grant also used military pressure to ensure that African Americans could maintain their new electoral status ; won passage of the Fifteenth Amendment giving African Americans the right to vote ; and signed the Civil Rights Act of 1875 giving people access to public facilities regardless of race.

Tilden runs parallel between Grant Street and Hayes Street, as if he had won the presidency in 1876.

Chicago skyline with the CNA Center showing the Blackhawks logo, the Smurfit-Stone Building saying Go Hawks and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower saying Hawks win the night after the 2009 – 10 Chicago Blackhawks season | 2009 – 10 Chicago Blackhawks won the 2010 Stanley Cup Finals, viewed from the Petrillo Music Shell lawn in Grant Park ( Chicago ) | Grant Park

In 1937, McCarey won his first Academy Award for Directing for The Awful Truth, with Irene Dunne and Cary Grant, a screwball comedy that launched Cary Grant's unique screen persona, largely concocted by McCarey ( Grant also copied many of McCarey's mannerisms ).

However, President Ulysses S. Grant, the Republican incumbent, had already won an absolute majority of electors.

Grant Road is probably named after General Sir James Hope Grant who commanded a cavalry division at the relief of Lucknow, but a Private P Grant and a Sergeant R Grant both won VCs in the mutiny, as did a Lieutenant C Grant, so further research is needed.

A dispute with Britain over the island of Bolama was settled in Portugal's favor with the involvement of U. S. President Ulysses S. Grant.

Garfield, who shared the opinion of Thaddeus Stevens, was not in favor of this action, because the rank was intended for Grant, who had dismissed Rosecrans.

" He told Grant that, if he remained in the army, " some happy accident might restore you to favor and your true place.

Concerned that Christians overwhelmingly voted in favor of President Jimmy Carter in 1976, Grant expanded his movement and founded Christian Voice to mobilize Christian voters in favor of candidates who share their socially conservative values.

President Grant persisted and sent messages to Congress in favor of annexation on March 14, 1870 and May 31, 1870.

At the same time, the Arkansas Supreme Court had finally decided to hear the Brooks case, and voted three to one in favor of Baxter's election, further solidifying the Grant proclamation and Baxter as Governor.

Other notable Stalwarts include Chester A. Arthur and Thomas C. Platt, who were in favor of Ulysses S. Grant, the eighteenth President of the United States ( 1869 – 1877 ), running for a third term.

Though Grant was extremely influential in legislating his view of racial theory, he began to fall out of favor in the United States in the 1930s.

Herzog was a candidate to become the Mets ' manager after the death of Gil Hodges prior to the 1972 season, but was passed over in favor of first-base coach Yogi Berra by chairman of the board M. Donald Grant.

The Democrats condemned the order as part of what they saw as the US Government's systematic violation of civil liberties ; they introduced a motion of censure against Grant in the Senate, attracting thirty votes in favor against seven opposed.

The governor wrote Miss Grant that he has been concerned for some time `` with the continuous problem which confronts our local and state law enforcement officers as a result of the laws regulating Sunday sales ''.

Grant all this -- still, when modern Unitarianism and the Harvard Divinity School recall with humorous affection the insults Parker lavished upon them, or else argue that after all Parker received the treatment he invited, they betray an uneasy conscience.

President Lincoln ( center right ) with, from left, Generals Sherman, Grant and Admiral Porter – 1868 painting of events aboard the River Queen ( steamboat ) | River Queen in March, 1865

The Confederacy lacked reinforcements, so Lee's army shrank with every battle, forcing it back to trenches outside Petersburg, Virginia, where Grant began a siege.

This allowed the president to confer in person with Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman about the hostilities, as Sherman coincidentally managed a hasty visit to Grant from his position in North Carolina.

Lincoln provided Grant with more troops and mobilized his party to renew its support of Grant in the war effort.

Johnston now planned to defeat the Union forces piecemeal before the various Union units in Kentucky and Tennessee under Grant with 40, 000 men at nearby Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee, and the now Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell on his way from Nashville with 35, 000 men, could unite against him.

Johnston launched a massive surprise attack with his concentrated forces against Grant at the Battle of Shiloh on April 6, 1862.

Johnson's vintage independent streak put him very much at odds with professional military commanders, including Gen. Don Carlos Buell who left Nashville defenseless when he had to reinforce Grant at the Battle of Shiloh.

Ulysses S. Grant, whom Johnson appointed as Stanton's interim successor, advised against the action, but accepted the temporary appointment when Johnson proceeded with Stanton's suspension in August.

Grant made her debut as a teenager, and gained fame in Christian music during the 1980s with such hits as " Father's Eyes ", " El Shaddai ", and " Angels ".

During 1976, Grant wrote her first song (" Mountain Man "), performed in public for the first time — at Harpeth Hall School — the all-girls school she attended, recorded a demo tape for her parents with church youth-leader Brown Bannister, then later when Bannister was dubbing a copy of the tape, Chris Christian, the owner of the recording studio, heard the demo and called Word Records.

In the mid-1980s, Grant began touring and recording with young up-and-coming songwriter Michael W. Smith.

Grant followed up this album with the first of her Christmas albums — albums that later would be the basis for her holiday shows.

Amy Grant scored her first Billboard No. 1 song in 1986 with " The Next Time I Fall ", a duet with former Chicago singer / bassist Peter Cetera.

Grant followed the album with her second Christmas album, Home For Christmas in 1992, which included the song " Breath of Heaven ( Mary's Song )", written by Chris Eaton and Grant, and would later be covered by many artists, including Donna Summer, Jessica Simpson ( who acknowledged Grant as one of her favorite artists ), Vince Gill, Sara Groves, Point of Grace, and Broadway star Barbara Cook.

Grant participated in Lifetime's 1st Annual " Girls & Guitars " benefit, singing numerous songs, including a duet with Melissa Etheridge on " You Can Sleep While I Drive ".

The video for " Takes A Little Time " was a new direction for Grant ; with a blue light filter, acoustic guitar, the streets and characters of New York City, and a plot, Grant was re-cast as an adult light rocker.