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How did the name Hiram Ulysses Grant change to Ulysses S. Grant?
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∙ 9y ago
When Hiram Ulysses Grant entered West Point a mistake was made and he was enrolled under the name of Ulysses Simpson Grant. He had no desire to have his steamer trunk and other items marked with the initials HUG. He kept the name and later became known as unconditional surrender Grant or U S Grant.
not like this but got his name when he was born like thart
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoHis 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.
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∙ 13y agoHe was named Hiram Ulyssess but when he got to West Point he found that a mistake had been made and he was registered as Ulysses S. Grant. He made no known attempt to correct the mistake and it became his official name. There is speculation that he did not like the initials HUG.
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∙ 12y agoIt was a tradition at West Point that cadets would be called by their initials (as 'JEB' Stuart). Grant did not like being called 'HUG' - he thought it was embarrassing.
We don't know for certain when the 'S' came into his name. It seems that it was at Fort Donelson, when he demanded 'Unconditional Surrender' (an entirely new expression) that the 'US' label stuck - chiming with 'United States'. And the 'S' didn't actually stand for anything. But his mother's maiden-name was Simpson, and this seemed a reasonable pretext for renaming him Ulysses Simpson Grant, as he has gone down in song and story.
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∙ 13y agoWhen he got to West Point he found that a mistake had been made and he was registered as Ulysses S. Grant. He made no known attempt to correct the mistake and it became his official name. There is speculation that he did not like the initials HUG and liked the change.
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∙ 14y agoThere was a mishap in college registrations. The clerk recorded him as Ulysses Simpson GRant. If he wanted his name changed he would have to re-enroll next year, so he kept it.
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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.
How did hiram Ulysses grant get to change his name to Ulysses grant?
When he joined the military at West Point the clerk mistakenly wrote that his name was Ulysses S. Grant
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).
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
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 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.
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.
