stackyFACTSBorn Hiram Ulysses Grant, this eventual leader just accepted his fate when a nominating official accidentally wrote down the wrong initials. Instead of correcting the paperwork, he just lived with the new name for the rest of his life to avoid a minor administrative hassle.
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