What was President Grant's christian name and who saved him from drowning when he was just seven years old?

Kainantu

Ulysses Simpson Grant Admiral Daniel Ammen saved Grant's life from drowning while a school-boy. http://saints.css.edu/mkelsey/hors2.html http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/usgrant.html Apr 22 03, 4:13 AM

McGruff

Hiram Ulysses Grant http://www.presidentsusa.net/grant.html ''The man we know as Ulysses S. Grant was actually named Hiram Ulysses Grant. As a boy he was known as Lyss. Thomas Hamer, the Congrssman who appointed Grant to West Point, forgot all about Hiram. Remembering that Grant's mother's maiden name was Simpson and thinking that was Lyss Grant's middle name, he filled out the application in the name of 'Ulysses S. Grant.' When Grant arrived at West Point and discovered that the Academy had him registered under the wrong name, he tried to get the error corrected. He was told that it didn't matter what he or his parents thought his name was, the official government application said his name was 'Ulysses S.' and that application could not be changed. If Hiram U. Grant wanted to attend West Point, he would have to change his name.'' http://americancivilwar.com/north/grant.html Apr 22 03, 7:07 AM

mochyn

only answering half a question,McG,how about the other half.The boy who saved him was 9 years old,so unless you have young admirals in the States,I think the answer should be corrected Apr 22 03, 7:18 AM

McG	That part of the question has been answered correctly. Ammen was a childhood friend of Grant's. http://www.worldandi.com/public/1999/July/goode.cfm Apr 22 03, 7:45 AM

McG	Ammen was born May 16, 1819 and Grant was born April 27, 1822. Apr 22 03, 7:50 AM

K :-)

That was a misprint - it should have read the Admirable Daniel Ammen Apr 22 03, 11:46 AM