This was Ulysses S. Grant’s birth name.
- Hiram Ulysses Grant
- Samuel Ulysses Grant
- Simpson U. Grant
- Jesse Grant, Jr.
Daily Quiz for October 16, 2017
This was Ulysses S. Grant’s birth name.
This was Ulysses S. Grant’s birth name.
Hiram Ulysses Grant. Grant’s name change was inadvertent. The congressman nominating him to West Point mistakenly named him as “Ulysses S. Grant”. Young Grant was too shy to correct the error and used the name the rest of his life.