President 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
Alma mater	UMKC School of Law (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), assuming that office upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt during the waning 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 by establishing the Truman Doctrine and NATO, and for 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 used the veto power 180 times, which is more than any president since then, and saw 12 overridden by Congress; only Grover Cleveland and Franklin D. Roosevelt used the veto so often, and only Gerald Ford and Andrew Johnson saw so many veto overrides. He also used nuclear weapons to end World War II, desegregated the U.S. armed forces, supported a newly independent Israel, and was a founder of the United Nations.

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