Just before his death, Abraham Lincoln created the Secret Service.
Ironically, hours before his assassination, the 16th president of the United States created the service that’s now responsible for protecting the president. However, the Secret Service back then wouldn’t have helped him since its original purpose was to investigate counterfeit money, not protecting the president.
Ulysses S. Grant wasn’t his real name.
Do you know the 18th president’s birth name? Because it wasn’t Ulysses S. Grant but Hiram Ulysses Grant. And it wasn’t his desire to change his name but an innocent mistake made on his West Point application. Therefore, his middle initial stands for well, nothing. He even joked about it, saying, “find some names that begin with S,’ and that’s me.”
