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Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. As the 34th vice president in 1945, he assumed the presidency upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt in April. Truman set up the Marshall Plan to rebuild the badly damaged economy of Western Europe. He established the Truman Doctrine and supported the founding of NATO to contain the expansion of Soviet communism. A member of the Democratic Party, he proposed numerous New Deal coalition liberal domestic reforms, but few were enacted by the conservative coalition that dominated the United States Congress.
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Born 8 May 1884 · Died 26 December 1972 · Q11613
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“I asked General Marshall what it would cost in lives to land on the Tokyo plain and other places in Japan. It was his opinion that such an invasion would cost at a minimum a quarter of a million American casualties.”
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“Hitler had been murdering Jews right and left. I saw it, and I dream about it even to this day. The Jews needed some place where they could go. It is my attitude that the American government couldn”
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“You know that I know nothing about Lent and such things...”
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Guitar.com: What self-taught emo-folk guitarist Truman Sinclair learned from years as studio engineer to Grammy-winning producer
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Public attention spiked: 21,253 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.7× the usual 5,770, with 0 article edits. Coverage that week: “Truman's McArdle expecting more in 2026 football season” (Yahoo Sports).
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Snopes.com rated the claim “U.S. President Donald Trump mounted a golden eagle decoration, shown in an image he shared on Truth Social, on the White House's Truman Balcony in June 2026.” False.
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fact checker rated the claim “U.S. aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman turning sharply in the Red Sea while attempting to evade Yemeni missiles” misleading.
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Snopes rated the claim “Harry Truman said of the creation of the state of Israel, "We took Palestine in small doses. You can’t move 5 or 6 million people out of a country and fill it up with 5 or 6 million more and expect both sets of them to be pleased."” Correct Attribution.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Says "Harry Truman had the idea of (buying) Greenland” Yes. New reasons today.
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Snopes rated the claim “President Truman denounced the use of "socialism" as a "scare word ... for almost anything that helps all the people."” Correct Attribution.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “"We have signed more legislation than anybody. We broke the record of Harry Truman."” False.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Trump has "worked with Congress to pass more legislation in his first 100 days than any president since Truman."” Mostly True.
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Snopes rated the claim “President Harry S. Truman in 1945 described political correctness as "a doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority."” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “A quote reproduces a statement by President Harry Truman about Republicans.” Correct Attribution.
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Snopes rated the claim “A collection of anecdotes about honesty comprises real quotes from President Harry S. Truman.” Mostly True.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “The presidential practice of pardoning a live turkey before Thanksgiving originated with President Harry Truman in 1947.” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “The middle name of President Harry Truman was just the letter 'S.'” True.
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The Missouri Supreme Court issued him a posthumous honorary law license
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Died 1972-12-26.
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“It is my deep conviction that we have reached a turning point in our country's efforts to guarantee freedom and equality to all our citizens. Recent events in the United States and abroad have made us realize that it is more important today than ever before to insure that all Americans enjoy these rights. When I say all Americans, I mean all Americans.”
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“Meu animal predileto é a mula. Ela tem mais sentido do que um cavalo. Sabe quando parar de comer - e sabe quando parar de trabalhar.”
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“No government is perfect. One of the chief virtues of a democracy, however, is that its defects are always visible and under democratic processes can be pointed out and corrected.”
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“Opis: o zrzuceniu dwóch bomb jądrowych na Hiroszimę i Nagasaki.”
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“If we see that Germany is winning we ought to help Russia and if Russia is winning we ought to help Germany, and that way let them kill as many as possible, although I don't want to see Hitler victorious under any circumstances. Neither of them thinks anything of their pledged word.”
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“A liderança é a capacidade de conseguir que as pessoas façam o que não querem fazer e gostem de o fazer.”
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Truman would later criticize King following the Selma march in 1965, believing the protest to be "silly" and claiming that it "can't accomplish a darn thing except to attract attention." In 1963, Truman voiced his opposition to interracial marriage, believing that daughters of white people would never love someone of an opposite color.
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Upon turning 80 in 1964, Truman was feted in Washington, and addressed the Senate, availing himself of a new rule that allowed former presidents to be granted privilege of the floor.
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Stood by his decision, telling a journalist "it was done to save 125,000 youngsters on the U
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On December 22, 1963, Truman published an article in The Washington Post entitled 'Limit CIA Role to Intelligence' where he said that "for some time I have been disturbed by the way CIA has been diverted from its original assignment.
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In 1960 Truman gave a public statement announcing he would not attend the Democratic Convention that year, citing concerns about the way that the supporters of John F.
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“Impromptu remarks before the Reciprocity Club, Washington, D.C. (11 April 1958)”
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Truman supported Adlai Stevenson's second bid for the White House in 1956, although he had initially favored Democratic governor W.
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Truman authorized the official, though at the time, confidential creation of the National Security Agency (NSA)
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Which was officially announced by Truman on January 7, 1953
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To determine the status of its relationship to the United States
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But he chose not to run due to poor polling
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Truman fired MacArthur from his commands
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Established the Committee on Government Contract Compliance, which ensured defense contractors did not discriminate because of race
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Washington Post music critic Paul Hume wrote a critical review of a concert by the president's daughter Margaret Truman:
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Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempted to assassinate Truman at Blair House
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Truman did give Senate Majority Leader Scott W
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After the outbreak of fighting in Korea, Truman ordered the U
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The North Korean army under Kim Il-sung invaded South Korea, starting the Korean War
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Earned Silver T-Square Award (1950).
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Truman made the decision to go forward on the grounds that if the Soviets could make an H-bomb, the United States must do so as well and stay ahead in the nuclear arms race
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That the United States would not engage in any dispute involving the Taiwan Strait, and that he would not intervene in the event of an attack by the PRC
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The Senate, led by Estes Kefauver, investigated numerous charges of corruption among senior administration officials, some of whom had received fur coats and deep freezers in exchange for favors
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Truman vetoed the McCarran Internal Security Act, which was passed by Congress just after the start of the Korean War and was aimed at controlling communists in America
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When he gave a recess appointment to William H
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And the fall of the nationalist Chinese the same year led many Americans to conclude subversion by Soviet spies was responsible and to demand that communists be rooted out from the government and other places of influenc
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Truman described American communist leaders, whom his administration was prosecuting, as "traitors"
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The Soviet Union blocked access to the three Western-held sectors of Berlin
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Eleven minutes after it declared itself a nation
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Made it illegal to discriminate against persons applying for civil service positions based on race
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Truman ordered an addition to the exterior of the White House: a second-floor balcony in the south portico, which came to be known as the Truman Balcony
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Proposed that Congress should pass comprehensive civil rights legislation
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Truman signed the Marshall Plan, which supplied Western Europe—including Germany—with US$13 billion in reconstruction aid
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Truman defended his decision to use atomic bombs:
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Truman became the first president to address the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
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Truman applied for a law license
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When the Labour government in London could no longer afford to help Greece fight communism and asked Washington to assume responsibility for suppressing the Communist uprising there
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Truman created the President's Committee on Civil Rights
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And became a major campaign issue for Eisenhower in 1952
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The president's approval rating dropped from 82 percent in the polls in January 1946 to 52 percent by June
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Truman cast his only tie-breaking vote as president of the Senate, against a Robert A
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Career landmark: President of the United States (1945–1953).
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The question of whether international human rights law could be applicable also on an inner-land basis became crucial in the United States
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Assumed the presidency upon the death of Franklin D
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Career landmark: Vice President of the United States (1945–1945).
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“Boys, if you ever pray, pray for me now. I don”
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Career landmark: United States senator (1945–1945).
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Career landmark: United States senator (1943–1945).
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Called for a homeland for those Jews who survived the Nazi regime
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Career landmark: United States senator (1941–1943).
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Career landmark: United States senator (1939–1941).
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Career landmark: United States senator (1937–1939).
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Career landmark: United States senator (1935–1937).
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Truman did not pay off the last of the debts from that venture until 1935, when he did so with the aid of banker William T.
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Truman was named Missouri's director for the Federal Re-Employment program (part of the Civil Works Administration) at the request of Postmaster General James Farley
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Became president of the National Old Trails Road Association, and during his term he oversaw dedication of 12 Madonna of the Trail monuments to honor pioneer women
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With the support of the Pendergast machine, and succeeded Elihu W
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As County Court judge of Jackson County's eastern district—Jackson County's three-judge court included judges from the western district (Kansas City), the eastern district (the county outside Kansas City), and a presidin
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Was appointed a major in the Officers Reserve Corps
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After his wartime service, Truman returned to Independence, where he married Bess Wallace on June 28, 1919.
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At the opening of the Meuse–Argonne offensive
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Truman rejoined Battery B, successfully recruiting new soldiers for the expanding unit, for which he was elected as their first lieutenant
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As a family farmer who had worked in clerical jobs that did not require the ability to motivate and direct others, but during the war, he gained leadership experience and a record of success that greatly enhanced and sup
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Truman returned to the Grandview farm, where he lived until entering the army in 1917
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And served until 1911 in the Kansas City-based Battery B, 2nd Missouri Field Artillery Regiment, in which he attained the rank of corporal
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Truman took classes at Spalding's Commercial College, a Kansas City business school
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Won Armed Forces Reserve Medal.
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Won Congressional Gold Medal.
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Won World War II Victory Medal.
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Studied at University of Missouri–Kansas City.
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Career landmark: atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Career landmark: senator.
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Career landmark: Participated in Manhattan Project (tournament / event).
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Career landmark: Relief of Douglas MacArthur.
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Studied at William Chrisman High School.
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Career landmark: Governor-General of the Philippines.
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Career landmark: presidency of Harry S. Truman.
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To his grandparents' 600-acre (240 ha) farm in Grandview
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The oldest child of John Anderson Truman and Martha Ellen Young Truman
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Born 1884-05-08.
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