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==Military Career==  

==Military Career==  

A graduate of West Point, Grant served in the Mexican American War. He tried several buisinesses after the United States victory, but none of them suceeded. However, as the demand for West Point graduates became

A graduate of West Point, Grant served in the Mexican American War. He tried several businesses after the United States victory, but none of them suceeded.  

==Name==

==Name==

He was actually named Hiram Ulysses Grant by his parents but when he applied for West Point he was accidentally registered Ulysses Simpson Grant.  He liked the name better than Hiram Ulysses Grant because it formed the initialls H.U.G.<ref> Encyclopedia of Presidents - Ulysses S. Grant by Zachary Kent, Children's Press, 1989. </ref>

He was actually named Hiram Ulysses Grant by his parents but when he applied for West Point he was accidentally registered Ulysses Simpson Grant.  He liked the name better than Hiram Ulysses Grant because it formed the initials H.U.G.<ref> Encyclopedia of Presidents - Ulysses S. Grant by Zachary Kent, Children's Press, 1989. </ref>

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