Life Facts
Personal:
First Lady: Elizabeth "Bess" Virginia Wallace Truman, Wife
Wife's Maiden Name: Elizabeth Wallace
Number of Children: 1
Education Level: High School
School Attended: Independence High School, (attended night classes at the University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law. Did not graduate.)
Religion: Baptist
Profession: Bank Clerk, Farmer, Soldier, Businessman, Politician
Military Service: Colonel
Public Service:
Dates of Presidency: 4/12/1945 - 1/20/1953
Presidency Number: 33
Number of Terms: 2
Why Presidency Ended: Retire
Party: Democratic
His Vice President(s): Alben William Barkley
Vice President For: Franklin D. Roosevelt (1945-1945)
Senator: Missouri (1935-1945)
Other Offices: Judge of Jackson County (MO); Presiding Judge of Jackson County (MO)
Footnotes
Methodology and Resources
Presidential Places
Birthplace:
Harry S. Truman Birthplace State Historic Site
Gravesite: Harry S. Truman Library
Library: Harry S. Truman Library
Other Sites: Harry S. Truman National Historic Stie
Reference Material
Bibliography
Inaugural Address
Related Links
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LIVE from Harry S. Truman Presidential Library And Museum - Independence, MO Guests include: Alonzo Hamby, author, Man of the People: A Life of Harry S. Truman; Larry Hackman, Director, Truman Library & Museum; and a phone interview with Margaret Truman Daniel, daughter of the president Watch | Order Videotape
Programming on Harry S Truman includes:
Re-air of LIVE program from the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library And Museum - Independence, MO Watch
Harry Truman 1949 Inauguration -- Universal Newsreel and Remarks Watch
Truman White House In Key West, FL Watch
Booknotes with David McCullough on Truman Watch
Newsreel on Korean War Watch
The 1948 Election -- Speech by Harold Gullan Watch
President Truman Uses Camera To Film The Press Watch
Truman Presidency 50th Anniversary Symposium Watch
Truman Library Archives Storage Tour Watch
President Truman Biographies -- Panel Discussion Watch
The Senate Career of Harry Truman - U.S. Senate Associate Historian Don Ritchie Watch
Harry Truman 1949 Inauguration - Universal Newsreel Plus Remarks Watch
Truman/Eisenhower Presidential Vacations with Hugh Sidey Watch
Memories of President Truman - Speech by Margaret Truman Daniels Watch
Booknotes with David McCullough on Truman Watch
Harry Trumans Farewell Address
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