Harry Truman

Harry S. Truman
33rd President of the United States
In office April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953
Vice President	None (1945–1949) Alben W. Barkley (1949–1953)
Preceded by	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Succeeded by	Dwight D. Eisenhower
34th Vice President of the United States
In office January 20, 1945 – April 12, 1945
President	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded by	Henry A. Wallace
Succeeded by	Alben W. Barkley
United States Senator from Missouri
In office January 3, 1935 – January 17, 1945
Preceded by	Roscoe C. Patterson
Succeeded by	Frank P. Briggs
Presiding Judge of Jackson County, Missouri
In office January 1, 1927 – January 3, 1935
Preceded by	Elihu W. Hayes
Succeeded by	Eugene I. Purcell
Judge of Jackson County, Missouri's Eastern District
In office January 1, 1923 – January 1, 1925
Preceded by	James E. Gilday
Succeeded by	Henry Rummel
Personal details
Born	(1884-05-08)May 8, 1884 Lamar, Missouri, U.S.
Died	December 26, 1972(1972-12-26) (aged 88) Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Resting place	Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum Independence, Missouri
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Bess Wallace (m. 1919)
Children	Margaret Truman
Education	Independence High School Kansas City Law School (withdrew)
Profession	Haberdasher Farmer
Religion	Baptist
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Military service
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Army Missouri National Guard United States Army Reserve
Years of service	1905–11 (Missouri National Guard) 1917–19 (United States Army) 1920–53 (Reserve)
Rank	Major (Army) Colonel (Reserve)
Commands	Battery D, 129th Field Artillery, 60th Brigade, 35th Infantry Division 1st Battalion, 379th Field Artillery Regiment, 102nd Infantry Division 379th Field Artillery Regiment, 102nd Infantry Division
Battles/wars	World War I Western Front

External video

Newsreel scenes in English of the assassination attempt on U.S. President Harry S. Truman

United States Army

World War I

Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was an American politician who served as the 33rd President of the United States (1945–53), coming to office on the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt in the last months of World War II. He is known for launching the Marshall Plan to rebuild the economy of Western Europe, for leading the Cold War against Soviet and Chinese communism through the Truman Doctrine and NATO, and intervening in the Korean War. In domestic affairs, he was a moderate Democrat whose liberal proposals were a continuation of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal, but the Conservative-dominated Congress blocked most of them. He holds the record for vetoes at 180, and saw 12 overridden by Congress; Gerald Ford later tied that record. Under Executive Order 9981, he used presidential authority to desegregate the armed forces.

Truman served as a United States Senator from Missouri (1935–45) and briefly as Vice President (1945) before he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He presided over an unexpected surge in economic prosperity as America sought readjustment after long years of depression and war. His political coalition was based on the white South, labor unions, farmers, ethnic groups, and traditional Democrats across the North. Truman was able to rally these groups of supporters during the 1948 presidential election and win election to a presidential term in his own right.

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