Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A list of U.S. presidents grouped by primary state of residence and birth, with priority given to residence. Only 20 out of the 50 states are represented. Presidents with an asterisk (*) did not primarily reside in their respective birth states (they were not born in the state listed below).
Vice President: Secretary of State: State governor [j] US Senator: Lawyer: New York: 9: William Henry Harrison: Out of office [e] Foreign service [h] US Senator / US Representative: Territorial governor: Military: Ohio: 10: John Tyler: Vice President [k] US Senator: State governor: US. Representative: Lawyer: Virginia: 11: James K. Polk: Out of ...
The Ohio Country, showing present-day U.S. state boundaries. The Ohio Company, formally known as the Ohio Company of Virginia, was a land speculation company organized for the settlement by Virginians of the Ohio Country (approximately the present U.S. state of Ohio) and to trade with the Native Americans.
Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.Serving as vice president in 1945, he assumed the presidency upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The first president, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College. [4] Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is therefore counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, giving rise to the discrepancy between the number of presidencies and the number of individuals who have served as president. [5]
President: Harry S. Truman: Preceded by: Position established: Succeeded by: Warren Austin: 48th United States Secretary of State; In office December 1, 1944 – June 27, 1945: President: Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman: Preceded by: Cordell Hull: Succeeded by: James F. Byrnes: 12th United States Under Secretary of State; In office ...
Roosevelt and Truman won the 1944 election, defeating Dewey and his running mate John W. Bricker with 53.4% of the popular vote and 432 out of the 531 electoral votes. [319] The president campaigned in favor of a strong United Nations, so his victory symbolized support for the nation's future participation in the international community. [320]
Listed below are executive orders numbered 9538–10431 signed by United States President Harry S. Truman (1945–1953). He issued 896 executive orders. [9] His executive orders are also listed on Wikisource, along with his presidential proclamations. Signature of Harry S. Truman