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Miembro del Partido Demócrata, se desempeñó como trigésimo cuarto vicepresidente durante el breve cuarto mandato de Franklin Roosevelt entre enero y abril de 1945 y como senador de los Estados Unidos por Misuri desde 1935 hasta 1945.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Ninguno (1945-1949), Alben W. Barkley (1949-1953)
12 de abr. de 2020 · El vicepresidente Harry Truman llevaba poco más de tres meses en el cargo y apenas había tenido relación con Roosevelt, que dirigía el país desde hacía 12 años y la guerra durante los últimos...
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12 de abr. de 2020 · On the afternoon of April 12, 1945, Vice President Harry S. Truman was just starting to relax after a day of presiding over the Senate when he was urgently summoned to the White House. There he received the unwelcome news that President Franklin Roosevelt had died and that he, Truman, was now president.
- Harry S. Truman’s Early Years
- From County Judge to U.S. Vice President
- Franklin D. Roosevelt Dies in Office
- Harry S. Truman’s First Administration: 1945-1949
- Harry Truman’s Second Administration: 1949-1953
- Harry S. Truman’s Final Years
Harry S. Truman was born on May 8, 1884, in the farm community of Lamar, Missouri, to John Truman (1851-1914), a livestock trader, and Martha Young Truman (1852-1947). (Truman’s parents gave him the middle initial S to honor his grandfathers, Anderson Shipp Truman and Solomon Young, although the S didn’t stand for a specific name.) In 1890, the Tru...
In 1922, Harry Truman, with the backing of Kansas City political boss Thomas Pendergast (1873-1945), was elected district judge in Jackson County, Missouri, an administrative position that involved handling the county’s finances, public works projects and other affairs. In 1926, Truman won the election as the county’s presiding judge. Earning a rep...
In 1944, as Roosevelt sought an unprecedented fourth term as president, Truman was selected as his running mate, replacing Vice President Henry Wallace (1888-1965), a divisive figure in the Democratic Party. (Truman, a moderate Democrat, was jokingly referred to as the “second Missouri Compromise.”) In the general election, Roosevelt easily defeate...
Upon assuming the presidency, Harry Truman, who had met privately with Roosevelt only a few times before his death and had never been informed by the president about the construction of the atomic bomb, faced a series of monumental challenges and decisions. During Truman’s initial months in office, the war in Europe ended when the Allies accepted N...
Harry Truman was sworn in for his second term in January 1949; his inauguration was the first to be nationally televised. The president set forth an ambitious social reform agenda, known as the Fair Deal, which included national medical insurance, federal housing programs, a higher minimum wage, assistance for farmers, repeal of the Taft-Hartley la...
After Eisenhower’s inauguration in January 1953, Harry and Bess Truman traveled by train from Washington to their home in Independence. There, the former president penned his memoirs, met with visitors, continued his habit of brisk daily walks and raised funds for the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library, which opened in Independence in 1957. After...
28 de sept. de 2023 · Harry S. Truman fue un político estadounidense del Partido Demócrata que se desempeñó como senador entre 1935 y 1945 y fue vicepresidente de Franklin D. Roosevelt durante los primeros meses de 1945.
12 de abr. de 2024 · Vice President Harry S. Truman was sworn in as president of the United States on April 12, 1945, after the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who died suddenly of a cerebral hemorrhage.
During his few weeks as Vice President, Harry Truman scarcely saw President Franklin Roosevelt, and received no briefing on the development of the atomic bomb or the unfolding difficulties...
