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President Harry S. Truman
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1945 |
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U.S. Vice President
Harry S. Truman
becomes the 33rd President upon
the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1945.
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Truman
had no Vice President for his first term as President. The
President Pro Tempore of the Senate was acting Vice President
and next in line to succeed to the presidency. They were Kenneth
McKellar until January 1947 and then Arthur H. Vandenberg for
the remainder of the term. |
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First Lady |
Elizabeth
"Bess" Virginia Wallace Truman - They had only
one child. |
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Truman was a
democrat from
Missouri.
Harry S. Truman made the decision to drop the atomic bomb on
Hiroshima and Nagasaki which helped to end the second world war.
Truman expanded Social Security, and implemented an employment
program, a Fair Employment Practices Act and a public housing
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Having assumed the
presidency upon the death President Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman
was given the oath of office but was not inaugurated. |
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Upon winning the
election and the host of wartime problems President Harry S.
Truman tells reporters, "I felt like the moon, the stars, and
all the planets had fallen on me."
"Within the first few months, I discovered that being a
President is like riding a tiger. A man has to keep on riding or
be swallowed." - President Harry S. Truman.
"You can not stop the spread of an idea by passing a law against
it." - President Harry S. Truman. |
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1947 |
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Presidential
Succession Act of 1947 says should a President die in office the
following is the order of succession: Vice President, Speaker of
the House, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Secretary of
State, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Defense, Attorney
General, and Secretaries of the Interior, Agriculture, Commerce,
Labor, Health, Housing, Transportation, Energy, Education, and
Veterans Affairs.
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President Harry S. Truman
begins his second term as President.
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Vice Pres. |
Alben
William Barkley was Vice President for Truman's second term.
He served as a US Senator from Kentucky from 1927-49 and
1955-56.
Barkley was born in a log cabin near Lowes, Graves County,
Kentucky.
Barkley died, in office as a U.S. Senator, of a heart attack,
speaking at Washington and Lee University in Lexington,
Virginia
on April 30, 1956. |
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Truman was a
democrat from
Missouri.
Truman negotiated the
military alliance of Western Nations establishing the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1949. |
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Inaug. Addr. |
"Steadfast in our faith in the Almighty, we will
advance toward a world where man's freedom is secure.
To that end we will devote our strength, our resources, and
our firmness of resolve. With God's help, the future of mankind
will be assured in a world of justice, harmony, and peace." -
President Harry S. Truman, Inaugural Address.
Truman escapes an assassination attempt unhurt on November 1,
1950, in Washington, D.C. when Griselio Torresola and Oscar
Collazo, both radical Puerto Rican nationals attempt to shoot
their way into the Blair House (temporary residence of the
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"We need not fear the
expression of ideas—we do need to fear their suppression." -
President Harry S. Truman
"A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities
and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his
difficulties." - President Harry S. Truman |
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Birth Death |
Harry S. Truman was
born in Lamar, Barton County,
Missouri on May 8, 1884.
Truman died at Research Hospital and Medical Center, Kansas
City, Jackson County,
Missouri on December 26, 1972. |
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Index |
Links |
Harry S. Truman
Museum and Library
Harry S. Truman - White House
History
Presidential Elections
Inauguration Speeches
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Executive Jumps -
G Washington
- J Adams -
T
Jefferson - J Madison -
J Monroe -
J Q
Adams - A Jackson -
- M Van Buren -
W
H Harrison - J Tyler -
J Polk -
Z Taylor -
M Fillmore -
F Pierce
- J Buchanan -
A
Lincoln - A Johnson -
- U S Grant -
R B Hayes
- J Garfield -
C
Arthur - G Cleveland -
B Harrison -
G
Cleveland - W McKinley -
T Roosevelt -
- W Taft
- W Wilson -
W Harding
- C Coolidge -
H
Hoover - F D Roosevelt -
H Truman -
D D Eisenhower
- J F Kennedy -
- L B Johnson -
R Nixon -
G Ford -
J Carter -
R Reagan -
G H W Bush
- B Clinton -
G W Bush
- BH Obama -
- Methodology -
TimeLine of the Presidency -
Inauguration Speeches
- Party Platforms
-
The Early Presidents
- Distinctions of the
Presidencies
Black
American Patriots -
President's Day -
Rhymes about the
Founding Fathers
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