Harry S Truman

President of the United States of America

1945 - 1953

The early years…

Born May 8, 1884 in Missouri

The “S” is not an abbreviation

Humble beginnings

Farmer for 12 years and haberdasher

Did not attend college

The later years…

Fought in France during WWI

Married Elizabeth Virginia Wallace

Elected judge of Jackson County Court (1922)

Elected Senator (1934) Senate war committee

President – April 12, 1945

Died December 26, 1972

Gaining the Presidency

Was not elected to first term

Vice President for 82 days President Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Suffered massive stroke Passed April 12, 1945

Truman sworn in as President same day

Elected to second term in 1948

Presidential Achievements

Ratified United Nations Charter

First armed defense in Korea

First use of atomic bomb

Hiroshima – August 6, 1945

Nagasaki – August 9, 1945

V-J Day – August 14, 1945

Ending WWII

Presidential Achievements

21 – Point Program Fair Employment Practices Act Social Security expansion

The Marshall Plan Economic recovery in Western Europe

The Truman Doctrine Give aid to Greece and Turkey

The Legacy of Harry S Truman

Former President’s Act

$25,000 yearly pension

Influenced by his poor financial standing

Medicare – Lyndon B. Johnson

Received first two cards with wife Bess

The Truman Library

First Presidential library

USS Harry Truman

Resources

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ht33.html

http://www.trumanlibrary.org/photographs/view.php?id=433&rr

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http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/fdrbio.html

http://www.navybuddies.com/cvn/cvn75.html

By: David Smith