Presidents of the United States of America
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33 - Harry S. Truman
Personal Statistics:
Birth Date: May 8, 1884
Birthplace: Family home in Lamar, Missouri
Father: John Anderson Truman (1851-1914)
Mother: Martha Ellen Young (1852-1947)
Height at Prime: 5 feet 10 inches
Physical Description: Blue eyes, brown hair, droopy nose, round full face, wore eyeglasses, fashionably dressed
Religion: Baptist
Wife: Elizabeth “Bess†Virginia Wallace (February 13, 1885 – October 18, 1982)
Marriage Date: June 28, 1919
Marriage Place: Trinity Episcopal Church, Independence, Missouri
Children: (Mary) Margaret Truman Daniel (February 17, 1924 – January 29, 2008)
Death Date: December 26, 1972
Place of Death: Research Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri
Cause of Death: Organ failure with collapse of cardiovascular system
Final Words: Unknown
Burial Place: Harry S. Truman Library, Independence, Missouri
Professional Statistics:
Missouri National Guard (1905-1911)
Rejoined Missouri National Guard during World War I (1917-1919)
Judge of Jackson County, Missouri (1922-1924)
Presiding Judge of Jackson County (1926-1934)
U.S. Senator (1935-1945)
Vice President of the United States (1945)
33rd President of the United States (1945-1953)
Political Party: Democrat
His Vice President: Alben William Barkley (1949-1953)
Events During Presidency:
Conclusion of World War II (1945)
Nuremberg Trials (1945-1946)
Formation of United Nations (1946)
Presidential Succession Act (1947)
Taft-Hartley Act (1947)
Truman Doctrine and the Cold War
Marshall Plan (or European Recovery Program)
Creation of Israel (1948)
Point Four Program (1949)
Fair Deal (Housing Act of 1949)
Korean War (1950-1953)
Assassination Attempt (1950)
Twenty-Second Amendment ratified (1951)
Seizure of the Steel Mills (1952)
H-bomb (1952)
Red Scare and the Rise of McCarthyism
