 B. He found out Hiram was the name of his father's favorite mule. Or C. Hiram Grant owed a lot of money to the local saloon, but nobody had ever heard of Ulysses Grant. C. No, it was A. He didn't like being called Hug. Apparently elementary school in the early 19th century was just as vicious as it is today. Next question. One of Ulysses S. Grant's lesser-known claims to fame as a U.S. president is that he had what? A. He had the first known pet fish in the White House named Ufishies S. Grant.