Birth | May 8, 1884 33 32 Lamar, Missouri |
Birth of a brother | April 25, 1886 (Age 23 months) younger brother - Vivian (John) Truman |
Death of a paternal grandfather | July 3, 1887 (Age 3) paternal grandfather - Anderson Shipp Truman |
Marriage of a brother | Vivian (John) Truman - View Family October 1911 (Age 27) younger brother - Vivian (John) Truman sister-in-law - Louella Campbell |
Death of a father | 1914 (Age 29) father - John Anderson Truman |
Death of a mother | 1947 (Age 62) mother - Martha Ellen Young |
Death of a brother | July 8, 1965 (Age 81) younger brother - Vivian (John) Truman |
Occupation | US President No. 33 |
Death | December 26, 1972 (Age 88) Kansas City, Missouri |
Burial | Truman Library, Independence, Missouri |
Family with parents - View Family |
father |
John Anderson Truman
Birth 1851 34 29 -
Death 1914 (Age 63) - Loading...
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1 year mother |
Martha Ellen Young
Birth 1852 -
Death 1947 (Age 95) - Loading...
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#1 brother |
? (Stillborn) Truman
Birth October 28, 1882 31 30 -
Death October 28, 1882 - Loading...
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18 months #2 |
Harry S. Truman
Birth May 8, 1884 33 32 - Lamar, Missouri
Death December 26, 1972 (Age 88) - Kansas City, Missouri Loading...
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2 years #3 brother |
Vivian (John) Truman
Birth April 25, 1886 35 34 -
Death July 8, 1965 (Age 79) - Loading...
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-17 years #4 sister |
Mary Jane Truman
Birth August 12, 1869 18 17 -
Death November 8, 1978 (Age 109) - Loading...
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Note | 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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Family with parents | |
John Anderson Truman 1851–1914 | |
Martha Ellen Young 1852–1947 | |
? (Stillborn) Truman 1882–1882 | |
Harry S. Truman 1884–1972 | |
Vivian (John) Truman 1886–1965 | |
Mary Jane Truman 1869–1978 |