Establishment of U.S. Weather Bureau

Date: February 9, 1870 • Location: Shaw, United States

US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.

Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877, and was the Commanding General of the Union Army. He led the army to victory in the American Civil War in 1865.