Trivia

[stoutfellow]

I'm curious to see if anyone out there can nail the answer to this one.

Below is a list of names which have something in common, and they are the only names with that common feature. The general topic is USAn history, and the names are given in order. (The inclusion of the last one is debatable.)

The names: Hiram; Stephen; Thomas; John; Leslie; William.

Anyone game?

Addendum: It's been answered correctly in comments, so if you want to think about it you might not want to look.

Comments

[akatsukami.livejournal.com]

Unused first names of U.S. Presidents:

Ulysses S. Grant (originally he was Hiram Ulysses Grant)
(Stephen) Grover Cleveland
(Thomas) Woodrow Wilson
(John) Calvin Coolidge
Gerald R. Ford (originally Leslie King, Jr.; renamed when his mother remarried)
William Jefferson Clinton (he was originally named William Jefferson Blythe; he changed his last name to his step-father's in high school)

[stoutfellow.livejournal.com]

Bra-vo! I've been trying that one out for quite a few years; you're the first to get it.

[carbonelle.livejournal.com]

Came close! I thought they were the President's middle names. Learn something new every day, I suppose: And me a Grover Cleveland fan! I hang my head in shame.

[kd5mdk.livejournal.com]

The Stephen and John were what kept me from catching it. I was mostly working off early firearms, based on Hiram Maxim.