When he joined the military at West Point the clerk mistakenly wrote that his name was Ulysses S. Grant
Yes. He was born Hiram Ulysses Grant.
His name at birth was Hiram Ulysses Grant. He later changed it to Ulysses Hiram Grant. He just changed the first and middle names order. He was a good president. His name got spelled wrong on a application to go to West Point and he was forced to change his name to go to West Point. The made up S is for his mother's middle name, Simpson.
His original name was Hiram Ulysses Grant. He didn't want to or mean to change it. When he went to a military academy, they signed him up as that. Since then, he was known as Ulysses S. Grant.
Hiram Ulysses Grant. They say his middle name was Simpson, it was not.
Ulysses S. Grant was the name put on his paperwork put into West Point. (The senator that put them in didn't take the time to ask it seems).
Hiram Ulysses Grant was originally named Hiram Ulysses Grant, but when he applied to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, a senator mistakenly submitted his name as Ulysses S. Grant. Grant decided to keep the name, and it became the one he was known by throughout his military and political career. The "S" in his name does not stand for anything specific; it was simply a part of the name he adopted.
Ulysses S. Grant but was born Hiram Ulysses Grant.
Hiram Ulysses Grant. It is frequently said that Grant's middle name was "Simpson." It was not. His middle name was "Ulysses" and he admitted that the "S" in his name stood for nothing.
When he joined the military at West Point the clerk mistakenly wrote that his name was Ulysses S. Grant
He was originally Hiram Ulysses Grant, but his family called him Ulysses. Then he enlisted in the war and was registered as Ulysses Simpson Grant , with his mother's maiden name after that he decided to leave it Ulysses S. Grant.
His real name was Hiram Ulysses Grant. He changed it because he didn't want to enter West Point with initials like H.U.G He was named Hiram, after his grandfather, and Ulysses, after the hero in Greek mythology. Full name: Ulysses Simpson Grant
His father asked a senator he knew to fill out the paperwork so Ulysses could go to West Point. Because this senator didn't take time to ask he wrote Ulysses's name down wrong as Ulysses S. Grant. His real name was Hiram Ulysses Grant.