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| − | | + | |name=Harry S Truman |
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| + | |country=the United States |
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| + | |party=Democratic |
| − | | + | |term_start=April 12, 1945 |
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| + | |term_end=January 20, 1953<ref>http://home.comcast.net/~sharonday7/Presidents/AP060301.htm</ref> |
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| + | |vp=None |
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| + | |vp_dates=1945-1949 |
| − | | + | |2vp=Alben Barkley |
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| + | |2vp_dates=1949-1953 |
| − | [[Image:Domestic cat.jpg]] | + | |previous=Franklin D. Roosevelt |
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| + | |next=Dwight D. Eisenhower |
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| | + | |term2_start=January 20, 1945 |
| | + | |term2_end=April 12, 1945 |
| | + | |pres2=Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| | + | |previous2=Henry A. Wallace |
| | + | |next2=Alben W. Barkley |
| | + | |birth_date=May 8, 1884 |
| | + | |birth_place=Lamar, MO |
| | + | |death_date=December 26, 1972 |
| | + | |death_place=Kansas City, MO |
| | + | |spouse=Bess Wallace Truman |
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| | + | |religion=[[Baptist]] |
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| | '''Harry S Truman''' was the 33rd [[President of the United States of America]], taking over from President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] during the [[Second World War]]. He is perhaps best remembered for his decision to drop [[atomic bomb]]s on the [[Japan|Japanese]] cities of [[Hiroshima]] and [[Nagasaki]]. Truman failed to promptly repeal the [[wage]] and [[price controls]] of [[WW II]]. Voter dissatisfaction with that failure and widespread [[Labor union|union]] [[strike]]s led to a [[Republican]] capture of [[Congress]] in 1946 and passage of the [[Taft-Hartley Act of 1947]], which curbed union strength. | | '''Harry S Truman''' was the 33rd [[President of the United States of America]], taking over from President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] during the [[Second World War]]. He is perhaps best remembered for his decision to drop [[atomic bomb]]s on the [[Japan|Japanese]] cities of [[Hiroshima]] and [[Nagasaki]]. Truman failed to promptly repeal the [[wage]] and [[price controls]] of [[WW II]]. Voter dissatisfaction with that failure and widespread [[Labor union|union]] [[strike]]s led to a [[Republican]] capture of [[Congress]] in 1946 and passage of the [[Taft-Hartley Act of 1947]], which curbed union strength. |