he enlisted in 1839 at the age of 17
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.
Yes. He was born Hiram Ulysses Grant.
Hiram Ulysses Grant. They say his middle name was Simpson, it was not.
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.
When he joined the military at West Point the clerk mistakenly wrote that his name was Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant but was born Hiram Ulysses Grant.
When he joined the military at West Point the clerk mistakenly wrote that his name was 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.
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.
When he joined the military at West Point the clerk mistakenly wrote that his name was 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.
Ulysses S. Grant and his real name was Hiram Ulysses Grant.