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  1. 2 days ago · Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a United States senator from Missouri from 1935 to 1945 and briefly as the 34th vice president in 1945 under Franklin D. Roosevelt.

  2. 5 days ago · Truman, who was 67 when he decided not to seek another term, and Johnson, who was 59, withdrew from their respective races in the middle of primary season, as they struggled to find a way to end ...

  3. 6 hours ago · e. Harry S. Truman 's tenure as the 33rd president of the United States began on April 12, 1945, upon the death of president Franklin D. Roosevelt, and ended on January 20, 1953. He had been vice president for only 82 days when he succeeded to the presidency. Truman, a Democrat from Missouri, ran for and won a full four-year term in the 1948 ...

  4. 1 day ago · Joe Biden isn’t the first sitting US president to abandon a campaign for re-election, Harry Truman did too. Planet America’s John Barron explains. Joe Biden isn’t the first sitting US ...

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  5. Jul 1, 2024 · Truman Doctrine, pronouncement by U.S. President Harry S. Truman on March 12, 1947, declaring immediate economic and military aid to the governments of Greece, threatened by communist insurrection, and Turkey, under pressure from Soviet expansion in the Mediterranean area.

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  6. 3 days ago · Harry S. Truman - Korean War, 33rd US President, Cold War: In June 1950 military forces of communist North Korea suddenly plunged southward across the 38th parallel boundary in an attempt to seize noncommunist South Korea.

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  8. 2 days ago · Truman became president in April 1945, less than three months after he was sworn in as vice president, when Franklin D. Roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage. In the 1948 election, Truman ...

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