Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States

Term

33rd President of the United States
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
January 20, 1945 - April 12, 1945  (60)
Preceded by Henry A. Wallace
Succeeded by Alben W. Barkley

Data

Full Name	Harry S. Truman
Born	May 8, 1884
Birthplace	Lamar, Missouri
Died	December 26, 1972  (88 years)
Deathplace	Kansas City, Missouri

Parents

John Anderson Truman

Born	December 5, 1851
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)

Martha Ellen Young

Born	November 5, 1852
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))
2. Mary Jane Truman  (1889-1978) (89 years)

Marriages

1. Elizabeth Virginia Wallace

Born	February 3, 1885
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

1. Mary Margaret Truman

Born	February 17, 1924
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

1. Harry S. Truman

Birth/Death	1884 - 1972  (88 years)
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)

2. Thomas E. Dewey

Birth/Death	1902 - 1971  (69 years)
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)

3. Strom Thurmond

Birth/Death	1902 - 2003  (101 years)
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)

4. Henry A. Wallace

Birth/Death	1888 - 1965  (77 years)
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

5. Norman Thomas

Birth/Death	1884 - 1968  (84 years)
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

6. Claude A. Watson

Birth/Death	1885 - 1978  (93 years)
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

7. Edward A. Teichert

Birth/Death	1904 - 1974  (70 years)
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

8. Farrell Dobbs

Birth/Death	1907 - 1983  (76 years)
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

Cabinet

Secretary of State

Edward Stettinius Jr.  (1900-49)	VA	1945
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

Secretary of the Treasury

Henry Morgenthau Jr.  (1891-1967)	NY	1945
Fred M. Vinson  (1890-1953)	KY	1945-46
John Wesley Snyder  (1895-1985)	MO	1946-53

Secretary of War

Henry L. Stimson  (1867-1950)	NY	1945
Robert P. Patterson  (1891-1952)	NY	1945-47
Kenneth Claiborne Royall  (1894-1971)	NC	1947

Attorney General

Francis Biddle  (1886-1968)	PA	1945
Tom C. Clark  (1899-1977)	TX	1945-49
J. Howard McGrath  (1903-66)	RI	1949-52
James P. McGranery  (1895-1962)	PA	1952-53

Secretary of the Navy

James Forrestal  (1892-1949)	NY	1945-47

Postmaster General

Frank Comerford Walker  (1886-1959)	PA	1945
Robert E. Hannegan  (1903-49)	MO	1945-47
Jesse M. Donaldson  (1885-1970)	MO	1947-53

Secretary of the Interior

Harold L. Ickes  (1874-1952)	IL	1945-46
Oscar L. Chapman  (1896-1978)	CO	1946
Julius Albert Krug  (1907-70)	WI	1946-49
Oscar L. Chapman  (1896-1978)	CO	1949-53

Secretary of Agriculture

Claude R. Wickard  (1893-1967)	IN	1945
Clinton Presba Anderson  (1895-1975)	NM	1945-48
Charles F. Brannan  (1903-92)	CO	1948-53

Secretary of Commerce

Henry A. Wallace  (1888-1965)	IA	1945-46
Alfred Schindler  (1894-1956)	CA	1946
W. Averall Harriman  (1891-1986)	NY	1946-48
Charles W. Sawyer  (1887-1979)	OH	1948-53

Secretary of Labor

Frances Perkins  (1880-1965)	NY	1945
Lewis B. Schwellenbach  (1894-1948)	WA	1945-48
Maurice J. Tobin  (1901-53)	MA	1948-53

Secretary of Defense

James Forrestal  (1892-1949)	NY	1947-49
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

Chief Justice

Harlan F. Stone  (1872-1946)	NY	1941-46  (5 years)
Fred M. Vinson  (1890-1953)	KY	1946-53  (7 years)

Associate Justices

Owen Roberts  (1875-1955)	PA	1930-45  (15 years)
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)

External Links

• Genealogy of Harry S. Truman