Term[]
33rd President of the United States |
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Democratic |
April 12, 1945 - January 20, 1953 (60-68) |
Preceded by Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Succeeded by Dwight D. Eisenhower |
34th Vice President of the United States |
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January 20, 1945 - April 12, 1945 (60) |
Preceded by Henry A. Wallace |
Succeeded by Alben W. Barkley |
Data[]
Full Name | Harry S. Truman |
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Born | May 8, 1884 |
Birthplace | Lamar, Missouri |
Died | December 26, 1972 (88 years) |
Deathplace | Kansas City, Missouri |
Parents[]
Born | December 5, 1851 |
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Father | Anderson Shipp Truman (1816-87) (71 years) |
Mother | Mary Jane Holmes (1821-78) (57 years) |
Marriage | 1881 - 1914 (33 years, died) |
Died | November 3, 1914 (62 years) |
Born | November 5, 1852 |
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Father | Solomon Young (1815-92) (77 years) |
Mother | Harriet Louisa Gregg (1818-1909) (91 years) |
Children | 3 |
Died | July 26, 1947 (94 years) |
Siblings[]
1. John Vivian Truman (1886-1965) (79 years) (married 1911 Luella Campbell (1887-1978) (91 years)) |
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2. Mary Jane Truman (1889-1978) (89 years) |
Marriages[]
Born | February 3, 1885 |
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Father | David Willock Wallace (1860-1903) (43 years) |
Mother | Margaret Elizabeth Gates (1862-1952) (90 years) |
Marriage | June 28, 1919 - December 26, 1972 (53 years, died) |
Died | October 18, 1982 (97 years) |
Children[]
Born | February 17, 1924 |
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Husband | Elbert Clifton Daniel Jr. (1912-2000) (88 years) |
Marriage | April 21, 1956 - February 21, 2000 (43 years, widowed) |
Children | Clifton, William, Harrison, Thomas |
Died | January 29, 2008 (83 years) |
Occupations[]
U.S. Senator from Missouri (1935-45)
Presiding Judge of Jackson County, Missouri (1927-35)
Judge of Jackson County, Missouri's Eastern District (1923-25)
Haberdasher
Bank Clerk
Railroad Timekeeper
Military Service[]
Colonel in the United States Army Reserve (1920-53)
Major in the United States Army (1917-19)
First Lieutenant in the Missouri State National Guard (1905-11)
Presidential Election of 1948[]
Birth/Death | 1884 - 1972 (88 years) |
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State | Missouri |
Occupation | Incumbent President of the United States (1945-53) |
Political Party | Democratic |
Vice President |
Alben W. Barkley (1877-1956) (KY) U.S. Senator from Kentucky (1927-49, 1955-56) |
Popular Vote | 24, 179, 347 (49.55%) |
Electoral Vote | 303 (28 states) |
Birth/Death | 1902 - 1971 (69 years) |
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State | New York |
Occupation | Governor of New York (1943-54) |
Political Party | Republican |
Vice President |
Earl Warren (1891-1974) (CA) Governor of California (1943-53) |
Popular Vote | 21, 991, 292 (45.07%) |
Electoral Vote | 189 (16 states) |
Birth/Death | 1902 - 2003 (101 years) |
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State | South Carolina |
Occupation | Governor of South Carolina (1947-51) |
Political Party | States' Rights Democratic |
Vice President |
Fielding L. Wright (1895-1956) (MS) Governor of Mississippi (1946-52) |
Popular Vote | 1, 175, 930 (2.41%) |
Electoral Vote | 39 (5 states) |
Birth/Death | 1888 - 1965 (77 years) |
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State | Iowa |
Occupation | Former Secretary of Commerce of the United States (1945-46) |
Political Party | Progressive-American Labor |
Vice President |
Glen H. Taylor (1904-84) (ID) U.S. Senator from Idaho (1945-51) |
Popular Vote | 1, 157, 328 (2.37%) |
Electoral Vote | 0 |
Birth/Death | 1884 - 1968 (84 years) |
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State | New York |
Occupation | Presbyterian Minister and Political Activist |
Political Party | Socialist |
Vice President |
Tucker P. Smith (1898-1970) (MI) Educator and Economist |
Popular Vote | 139, 569 (0.29%) |
Electoral Vote | 0 |
Birth/Death | 1885 - 1978 (93 years) |
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State | California |
Occupation | Lawyer, Businessman, and Methodist Minister |
Political Party | Prohibition |
Vice President |
Dale H. Learn (1897-1976) (PA) Real Estate Agent |
Popular Vote | 103, 708 (0.21%) |
Electoral Vote | 0 |
Birth/Death | 1904 - 1974 (70 years) |
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State | Pennsylvania |
Occupation | Factory Foreman and Political Activist |
Political Party | Socialist Labor |
Vice President |
Stephen Emery (1909-80) (NY) Subway Dispatcher and Political Activist |
Popular Votes | 29, 244 (0.06%) |
Electoral Vote | 0 |
Birth/Death | 1907 - 1983 (76 years) |
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State | Minnesota |
Occupation | Trade Unionist and Historian |
Political Party | Socialist Workers |
Vice President |
Grace Carlson (1906-92) (MN) Psychologist and Educator |
Popular Vote | 13, 613 (0.03%) |
Electoral Vote | 0 |
Vice President[]
Alben W. Barkley (1877-1956) | KY | 1949-53 |
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Cabinet[]
Edward Stettinius Jr. (1900-49) | VA | 1945 |
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Joseph Grew (1880-1965) | NH | 1945 |
James F. Byrnes (1882-1972) | SC | 1945-47 |
George Marshall (1880-1959) | PA | 1947-49 |
Dean Acheson (1893-1971) | CT | 1949-53 |
Henry Morgenthau Jr. (1891-1967) | NY | 1945 |
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Fred M. Vinson (1890-1953) | KY | 1945-46 |
John Wesley Snyder (1895-1985) | MO | 1946-53 |
Henry L. Stimson (1867-1950) | NY | 1945 |
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Robert P. Patterson (1891-1952) | NY | 1945-47 |
Kenneth Claiborne Royall (1894-1971) | NC | 1947 |
Francis Biddle (1886-1968) | PA | 1945 |
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Tom C. Clark (1899-1977) | TX | 1945-49 |
J. Howard McGrath (1903-66) | RI | 1949-52 |
James P. McGranery (1895-1962) | PA | 1952-53 |
James Forrestal (1892-1949) | NY | 1945-47 |
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Frank Comerford Walker (1886-1959) | PA | 1945 |
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Robert E. Hannegan (1903-49) | MO | 1945-47 |
Jesse M. Donaldson (1885-1970) | MO | 1947-53 |
Harold L. Ickes (1874-1952) | IL | 1945-46 |
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Oscar L. Chapman (1896-1978) | CO | 1946 |
Julius Albert Krug (1907-70) | WI | 1946-49 |
Oscar L. Chapman (1896-1978) | CO | 1949-53 |
Claude R. Wickard (1893-1967) | IN | 1945 |
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Clinton Presba Anderson (1895-1975) | NM | 1945-48 |
Charles F. Brannan (1903-92) | CO | 1948-53 |
Henry A. Wallace (1888-1965) | IA | 1945-46 |
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Alfred Schindler (1894-1956) | CA | 1946 |
W. Averall Harriman (1891-1986) | NY | 1946-48 |
Charles W. Sawyer (1887-1979) | OH | 1948-53 |
Frances Perkins (1880-1965) | NY | 1945 |
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Lewis B. Schwellenbach (1894-1948) | WA | 1945-48 |
Maurice J. Tobin (1901-53) | MA | 1948-53 |
James Forrestal (1892-1949) | NY | 1947-49 |
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Louis A. Johnson (1891-1966) | WV | 1949-50 |
George Marshall (1880-1959) | PA | 1950-51 |
Robert A. Lovett (1895-1986) | NY | 1951-53 |
United States Supreme Court[]
Harlan F. Stone (1872-1946) | NY | 1941-46 (5 years) |
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Fred M. Vinson (1890-1953) | KY | 1946-53 (7 years) |
Owen Roberts (1875-1955) | PA | 1930-45 (15 years) |
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Hugo Black (1886-1971) | AL | 1937-71 (34 years) |
Stanley Forman Reed (1884-1980) | KY | 1938-57 (19 years) |
Felix Frankfurter (1882-1965) | NY | 1939-62 (23 years) |
William O. Douglas (1898-1980) | NY | 1939-75 (36 years) |
Frank Murphy (1890-1949) | MI | 1940-49 (9 years) |
Robert H. Jackson (1892-1954) | NY | 1941-54 (13 years) |
Wiley Blount Rutledge (1894-1949) | DC | 1943-49 (6 years) |
Harold Hitz Burton (1888-1964) | OH | 1945-58 (13 years) |
Tom C. Clark (1899-1977) | TX | 1949-67 (18 years) |
Sherman Minton (1890-1965) | IN | 1949-56 (7 years) |