 1884 - 1972 (88 years) Has 18 ancestors and 3 descendants in this family tree.
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| Name |
Harry S Truman |
| Prefix |
President |
| Birth |
8 May 1884 |
Lamar, Barton, Missouri, United States  |
| Gender |
Male |
| FamilySearch ID |
LZGR-RT9 |
| Death |
26 Dec 1972 |
Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
| Burial |
Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum, Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
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| Person ID |
I92051 |
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| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
John Anderson Truman, b. 5 Dec 1851, Jackson, Missouri, United States d. 3 Nov 1914, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States (Age 62 years) |
| Mother |
Martha Ellen Young, b. 25 Nov 1852, Grandview, Jackson, Missouri, United States d. 26 Jul 1947, Grandview, Jackson, Missouri, United States (Age 94 years) |
| Marriage |
28 Dec 1881 |
Grandview, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
| Family ID |
F30249 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Elizabeth Virginia Wallace, b. 13 Feb 1885, Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States d. 18 Oct 1982, Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States (Age 97 years) |
| Marriage |
28 Jun 1919 |
Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
| Children |
| + | 1. Mary Margaret Truman, b. 17 Feb 1924, Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States d. 29 Jan 2008, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States (Age 83 years) |
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| Family ID |
F30251 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
6 Mar 2025 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 8 May 1884 - Lamar, Barton, Missouri, United States |
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 | Marriage - 28 Jun 1919 - Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
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 | Death - 26 Dec 1972 - Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
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 | Burial - - Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum, Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
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| Notes |
- 33rd President of the United States.
He was an American politician who was the 33rd president of the United S t ates from 1945 to 1953. A lifetime member of the Democratic Party, he p re viously served as a US Senator from the State of Missouri from 1935 t o 19 45. He was chosen as incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt's run nin g mate for the 1944 presidential election. Truman was inaugurated a s vice -president in 1945 and served for less than three months until Pre siden t Roosevelt died. Now serving as president, Truman implemented th e Marsha ll Plan to rebuild the economy of Western Europe and establishe d both th e Truman Doctrine and NATO to contain the expansion of communis m. He prop osed numerous liberal domestic reforms, but few were enacted b y the Conse rvative Coalition that dominated the Congress.
Truman grew up in Independence, Missouri, and during World War I fough t i n France as a captain in the Field Artillery. Returning home, he open e d a haberdashery in Kansas City, Missouri, and was later elected as a J ac kson County official in 1922. Truman was elected to the United State s Sen ate from Missouri in 1934 and gained national prominence as chairma n of t he Truman Committee, which was aimed at reducing waste and ineffic iency i n wartime contracts. Soon after succeeding to the presidency, h e authoriz ed the first and only use of nuclear weapons in war. Truman' s administrat ion engaged in an internationalist foreign policy and renou nced isolation ism. He energized the New Deal coalition during the 1948 p residential ele ction and won a surprise victory against Thomas E. Dewe y that secured hi s own presidential term.
After the onset of the Cold War, Truman oversaw the Berlin Airlift and M a rshall Plan in 1948. When North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950, he g ai ned United Nations approval to intervene in the Korean War. He did no t as k for congressional approval, and as the war stalemated his populari ty fe ll. His administration successfully guided the U.S. economy throug h the p ostwar economic challenges; the expected postwar depression neve r happene d. In 1948, he submitted the first comprehensive civil rights l egislation . It did not pass, so he instead issued Executive Orders 998 0 and 9981 t o begin racial equality in federal agencies and the military .
Corruption in the Truman administration became a central campaign issu e i n the 1952 presidential election. He was eligible for reelection in 1 952 , but with weak polls he decided not to run. Republican Dwight D. Eis enho wer attacked Truman's record and won easily. Truman went into a reti remen t marked by the founding of his presidential library and the public atio n of his memoirs. It was long thought that his retirement years wer e fina ncially difficult for Truman, resulting in Congress voting a pensi on fo r former presidents, but ample evidence eventually emerged that h e amasse d considerable wealth after leaving office. When he left office , Truman' s presidency was heavily criticized, though critical reassessme nt of hi s presidency has improved his reputation among historians and th e genera l population.
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