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'''Harry S] Truman''' (], ] – ], ]) was the thirty-third ] (1945–1953); as ], he succeeded to the office upon the death of ]. During ] he served as an ] officer. After the war he became part of the political machine of ] and was elected a county judge and eventually a United States Senator. In 1944, he replaced ] as vice president under Roosevelt for the latter's fourth term.


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As president, Truman faced challenge after challenge in domestic affairs: a tumultuous reconversion of the economy marked by severe shortages, numerous strikes, and the passage of the ] over his veto. After confounding all predictions to win re-election in 1948, he was almost unable to pass any of his ] program. He used executive orders to begin ] of the U.S. armed forces and to launch a system of loyalty checks to remove thousands of ] sympathizers from government office, even though he strongly opposed mandatory loyalty oaths for governmental employees, a stance that led to charges that his administration was soft on communism. Truman's presidency was also eventful in ], with the end of ] (including the first and only use of atomic weapons against people), the founding of the ], the ] to rebuild ], the ] to contain communism, the beginning of the ], the creation of ], and the ]. Corruption in Truman's administration reached the cabinet and senior White House staff. Republicans made corruption a central issue in the 1952 campaign. As president, Truman faced challenge after challenge in domestic affairs: a tumultuous reconversion of the economy marked by severe shortages, numerous strikes, and the passage of the ] over his veto. After confounding all predictions to win re-election in 1948, he was almost unable to pass any of his ] program. He used executive orders to begin ] of the U.S. armed forces and to launch a system of loyalty checks to remove thousands of ] sympathizers from government office, even though he strongly opposed mandatory loyalty oaths for governmental employees, a stance that led to charges that his administration was soft on communism. Truman's presidency was also eventful in ], with the end of ] (including the first and only use of atomic weapons against people), the founding of the ], the ] to rebuild ], the ] to contain communism, the beginning of the ], the creation of ], and the ]. Corruption in Truman's administration reached the cabinet and senior White House staff. Republicans made corruption a central issue in the 1952 campaign.


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For other people named Harry Truman, see Harry Truman (disambiguation).
Harry S. Truman
33rd President of the United States
In office
April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953
Vice PresidentNone (1945–1949),
Alben W. Barkley (1949–1953)
Preceded byFranklin D. Roosevelt
Succeeded byDwight D. Eisenhower
34th Vice President of the United States
In office
January 20, 1945 – April 12, 1945
PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded byHenry A. Wallace
Succeeded byAlben W. Barkley
United States Senator
from Missouri
In office
January 3, 1935 – January 17, 1945
Preceded byRoscoe C. Patterson
Succeeded byFrank P. Briggs
Personal details
Born(1884-05-08)May 8, 1884
Lamar, Missouri
DiedDecember 26, 1972(1972-12-26) (aged 88)
Kansas City, Missouri
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseBess Wallace Truman
OccupationSmall businessman (haberdasher), farmer
Signature

External links

  • "Truman Tapes". Presidential Recording Project. Miller Center of Public Affairs. Retrieved 2007-08-14.
Political offices
Preceded byHenry A. Wallace Vice President of the United States
January 20, 1945 – April 12, 1945 		Succeeded byAlben W. Barkley
Preceded byFranklin D. Roosevelt President of the United States
April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953 		Succeeded byDwight D. Eisenhower
U.S. Senate
Preceded byRoscoe C. Patterson Senator from Missouri (Class 1)
1935–1945
Served alongside: Bennett Champ Clark, Forrest C. Donnell 		Succeeded byFrank P. Briggs
Party political offices
Preceded byHenry A. Wallace Democratic Party vice presidential candidate
1944 		Succeeded byAlben W. Barkley
Preceded byFranklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party presidential candidate
1948 		Succeeded byAdlai Stevenson
Honorary titles
Preceded byHerbert Hoover Oldest U.S. President still living
October 20, 1964 – December 26, 1972 		Succeeded byLyndon B. Johnson
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  10. John Tyler (1841–1845)
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  33. Harry S. Truman (1945–1953)
  34. Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953–1961)
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  12. Millard Fillmore (1849–1850)
  13. William R. King (1853)
  14. John C. Breckinridge (1857–1861)
  15. Hannibal Hamlin (1861–1865)
  16. Andrew Johnson (1865)
  17. Schuyler Colfax (1869–1873)
  18. Henry Wilson (1873–1875)
  19. William A. Wheeler (1877–1881)
  20. Chester A. Arthur (1881)
  21. Thomas A. Hendricks (1885)
  22. Levi P. Morton (1889–1893)
  23. Adlai Stevenson (1893–1897)
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  28. Thomas R. Marshall (1913–1921)
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  30. Charles G. Dawes (1925–1929)
  31. Charles Curtis (1929–1933)
  32. John N. Garner (1933–1941)
  33. Henry A. Wallace (1941–1945)
  34. Harry S. Truman (1945)
  35. Alben W. Barkley (1949–1953)
  36. Richard Nixon (1953–1961)
  37. Lyndon B. Johnson (1961–1963)
  38. Hubert Humphrey (1965–1969)
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  40. Gerald Ford (1973–1974)
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