| Great quiz! I wonder why James Abram Garfield wasn't included? Grant was born with the name "Hiram Ulysses Grant", but didn't want to get teased at West Point because of his initials, which were used a lot to identify students. His mother's maiden name was Simpson; so, playing off a clerical error, he adopted the name Ulysses Simpson Grant. Truman was given no middle name, only the middle initial "S". His parents did this so that they could honor both of their fathers: (Anderson) Shippe Truman and Solomon Young. |