Harry S. Truman biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Harry S. Truman

Author Name:

Harry S. Truman

Born As:

Harry S. Truman

Other Names:

Harry S. Truman

Born:

8 May 1884

Died:

26 Dec 1972




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33rd President of the United States of America - Democrat 1945 - 1953                          
                          
Mother John Anderson Truman
Father Martha Ellen Young Truman, three children, Harry,  John Vivian - 1886–1965, sister Mary Jane Truman - 1889–1978.
Wife Bess Wallace, one child, Mary Margaret - February 17, 1924 – January 29, 2008.                          
33rd President of the United States In office April 12, 1945 - January 20, 1953.                          
As vice president, he succeeded to the office upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt

His parents chose "S" as his middle name, in attempt to please both of Harry's grandfathers, Anderson Shippe Truman and Solomon Young, but it didn't stand for anything, as was a common practice among Scots-Irish.