What does the S stand for in Ulysses S. Grant's name?
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Nothing or Simpson, depending on how you look at it. Grant was born Hiram Ulysses, but a mistake on a school application listed him as Ulysses Simpson Grant (Simpson being his mother's maiden name).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant