Ulysses Grant was named Hiram Ulysses by his parents. He was mistakenly enrolled as Ulysses S. Grant when he entered West Point and he did not correct the mistake . Possibly he was happy to lose the initials HUG.
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U.S. Grant is the one. His name was really Hiram Ulysses Grant, but when he went to West Point. a mistake was made by the man who nominated him, and he became Ulysses S. Grant. He never bothered to have it changed so his name in the army was Ulysses S. Grant.
Five Presidents have done this (Hiram Ulysses) Grant (Stephen Grover) Cleveland (Thomas Woodrow) Wilson (John Calvin) Coolidge (David Dwight) Eisenhower
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Hiram Bullock's birth name is Hiram Law Bullock.
Hiram Keller's birth name is Hiram Keller Undercofler Jr..
Hiram Ramos Maxemin's birth name is Hiram Ramos Maxemin.
George Washington
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.
The second presedent was after the first
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Shelton and Hiram's last name in the book "Virals" by Kathy Reichs is Norwell. Shelton and Hiram Norwell are supporting characters in the novel.
Ulysses Simpson Grant's name was originally Hiram Ulysses Grant.Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr.'s name was changed from Leslie B. King after he was adopted by Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Rudolph Ford, Sr.