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When he joined the military at West Point the clerk mistakenly wrote that his name was Ulysses S. Grant
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Did Ulysses S. Grant change his name?
Yes. He was born Hiram Ulysses Grant.
What was Grant's middle name?
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.
Why did Ulysses S. Grant change his name from Ulysses S. Grant?
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.
What was Ulysses S. Grant's full name?
Hiram Ulysses Grant. They say his middle name was Simpson, it was not.
How did Hiram Ulysses S. Grant change his name to Ulysses S. Grant?
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).
How did Hiram Ulysses Grant get the nickname Ulysses S. Grant?
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.
What was president grants firs t name?
Ulysses S. Grant but was born Hiram Ulysses Grant.
Full name of Ulysses S. 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.
How did Hiram Ulysses S. Grant get his name changed to Ulysses S. Grant?
When he joined the military at West Point the clerk mistakenly wrote that his name was Ulysses S. Grant
How did Ulywsses Grant's name get changed to 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.
What is Grant's middle name?
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
How did his name change to Ulysses S. 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.
