Harry S. Truman - I1450 - Individual Information

Harry S. Truman ‎(I1450)‎

Given Names: Harry S.
Surname: Truman

Gender: Male Male

Birth: 8 May 1884

32 Lamar, Missouri
Death: 26 December 1972 ‎(Age 88)‎ Kansas City, Missouri

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Birth	8 May 1884 33 32 Lamar, Missouri
Marriage	Elizabeth ‎(Bess)‎ Virginia Wallace - 28 June 1919 ‎(Age 35)‎ Independence, Missouri
Occupation	US President No. 33
Death	26 December 1972 ‎(Age 88)‎ Kansas City, Missouri
Burial	Truman Library, Independence, Missouri
Reference Number	Truman-1
Last Change	8 September 2004 - 21:45:24

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Parents Family (F741)
Father	John Anderson Truman 1851 - 1914
Mother	Martha Ellen Young 1852 - 1947
Brother	‎(unknown)‎ ‎(Stillborn)‎ Truman 1882 - 1882
	Harry S. Truman 1884 - 1972
Brother	Vivian ‎(John)‎ Truman 1886 - 1965
Sister	Mary Jane Truman 1869 - 1978

Immediate Family (F740)
Wife	Elizabeth ‎(Bess)‎ Virginia Wallace 1885 - 1982
Daughter	Margaret ‎(Mary)‎ Truman -

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Succeeded to the presidency upon the sudden death of Franklin D. Roosevelt on
April 12, 1945. Was reelected in 1948 over Thomas E. Dewey, Strom Thurmond,
and Henry A. Wallace by a popular vote of 24,179,345 to 21,991,291, 1,176,125,
and 1,157,326, and an electoral vote of 303 to 189, 39, and 0. Was sometimes
called "Give-'em-hell-Harry". Coined the phrases "If you can't stand the
heat, get out of the kitchen." and "The buck stops here." Gave the order to
drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

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