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Harry S. Truman

President of the United States from 1945 to 1953; politician (1884-1972) · United States · Politicians · Died at 88

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He dropped atomic bombs on two Japanese cities, established the architecture of the Cold War, and won an election almost no one thought he could. The accidental president who stepped into Franklin Roosevelt's shoes and remade the postwar world.

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A life in dates

1995TrumanBiopic about his life9 September 1995, 1995 television film directed by Frank PiersonIMDb1983Harry S. Truman National Historic SiteTribute, national Historic Site of the United States in Missouri1972Died26 December 19721969“The Russians are liars - you can't trust them. At Potsdam they agreed to everything and broke their word.”In their wordsStatement to Richard Nixon and his wife Pat in 1969, as quoted in The Memoirs of Richard Nixon, p. 44

1950Silver T-Square AwardAward1947“Some of my best friends never agree with me politically.”In their words2 July 1947Statement to a group of four congress freshmen (2 July 1947), as quoted in The Memoirs of Richard Nixon, p. 44

“It is my deep conviction that we have reached a turning point in our country's efforts to guarantee freedom and equality to all our citizens.”In their words29 June 1947Speech to the NAACP (June 29, 1947)

1945“We want no Gestapo or Secret Police. F.B.I. is tending in that direction. They are dabbling in sex life scandles [sic] and plain blackmail when they should be catching criminals.”In their words12 May 1945Longhand note (May 12, 1945)

“No nation on this globe should be more internationally minded than America because it was built by all nations.”In their words17 March 1945Harry Truman at Chicago, 17 March 1945, as recorded in Good Old Harry

President of the United StatesOffice1945-1953Vice President of the United StatesOffice1935United States senatorOffice1935-19451918“Now days battles are just sort of a "You shoot up my town and I'll shoot up yours." They say that Americans don't play fair. They shoot 'em up all the time.”In their words8 September 1918Letter to Bess Wallace (8 September 1918)

1884Born8 May 1884

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  1. The Russians are liars - you can't trust them. At Potsdam they agreed to everything and broke their word.

    1969, Statement to Richard Nixon and his wife Pat in 1969, as quoted in The Memoirs of Richard Nixon, p. 44, Own words

  2. Some of my best friends never agree with me politically.

    Jul 2, 1947, Statement to a group of four congress freshmen (2 July 1947), as quoted in The Memoirs of Richard Nixon, p. 44, Own words

  3. The Russians are like us, they look and act like us. They are fine people. They got along with our soldiers in Berlin very well.

    Jul 2, 1947, Statement to a group of four congress freshmen (2 July 1947), as quoted in The Memoirs of Richard Nixon, p. 44, Own words

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Awards

Silver T-Square Award1950
Congressional Gold Medal
Armed Forces Reserve Medal
World War II Victory Medal

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Born in Lamar, Missouri in 1884, Truman fought in France as a Field Artillery captain during World War I, then returned to open a haberdashery in Kansas City before entering politics as a Jackson County judge in 1922. He rose to national prominence chairing the Truman Committee between 1940 and 1944, targeting wartime contract waste, which carried him to the vice presidency in 1944. When Roosevelt died in April 1945, Truman learned of the Manhattan Project only after assuming office, then authorized the first and only use of nuclear weapons against Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He implemented the Marshall Plan to rebuild Western Europe, established NATO and the Truman Doctrine to contain Soviet expansion, oversaw the Berlin Airlift, and sent troops into Korea when the North invaded in 1950. Facing corruption scandals in his administration and poor approval ratings, he declined to run in 1952, retired to write memoirs and found his presidential library, and died in 1972 - leaving office despised but climbing steadily in historians' rankings ever since.

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Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
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Lived 1884 to 1972 · aged 88

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