# Adam Badeau — The Education of Henry Adams character guide

> Adam Badeau in The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Adam, Badeau

**First appearance:** 0019-xvii-president-grant-1869

## Who they are

American author and military secretary to Grant.

## Relationships

### [Ulysses S. Grant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_education_of_henry_adams_se/characters/ulysses_s_grant)

_professional_

Adam Badeau served as a military aide and later biographer to Ulysses S. Grant, maintaining a loyal professional relationship.

## In the story

### [XVII: President Grant (1869)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_education_of_henry_adams_se/chapters/xvii-president-grant-1869)

Lives in the same boarding house as Adams; provides intimate analysis of Grant's character and habits.

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