Ulysses S. Grant

4/27/1822 – 7/23/1885 Party: Republican Timeline; 1869-1877 #18 Ulysses S. Grant- Union General President Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant, but an error on his application to West Point changed his name to Ulysses Simpson Grant. He liked the initials so much that he kept the name. Not only was Grant the top Union military…