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Born on December 5, 1782, Martin Van Buren was the first president born an American citizen (and not a British subject). [ 2 ] The term Virginia dynasty is sometimes used to describe the fact that four of the first five U.S. presidents were from Virginia.
President: Harry S. Truman: Preceded by: W. Averell Harriman: Succeeded by: Sinclair Weeks: United States Ambassador to Belgium; In office November 8, 1944 – November 20, 1945: President: Franklin D. Roosevelt: Preceded by: Ernest de Wael Mayer (Acting) Succeeded by: Alan G. Kirk: United States Ambassador to Luxembourg; In office November 1 ...
Inspection by the Federal Security Agency of Statistical Transcript Punch Cards Prepared From Individual Income Tax Returns May 1, 1945 10 9547: Providing for Representation of the United States in Preparing and Prosecuting Charges of Atrocities and War Crimes Against the Leaders of the European Axis Powers and Their Principal Agents and ...
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 assumed the presidency after Franklin D. Roosevelt's death, as he was vice president at the time.
Robert Emmet Hannegan (June 30, 1903 – October 6, 1949) was an American politician who served as Commissioner of Internal Revenue from October 1943 to January 1944. He also served as chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1944 to 1947 and United States Postmaster General from 1945 to 1947.
Attorney General Tom C. Clark (right), with President Harry S. Truman cabinet in 1945. One of President Truman's first changes in the cabinet that he inherited from Franklin Roosevelt was his appointment of Tom Clark as attorney general in 1945, a switch made in part because of the close personal and professional relationship shared by the two men.
Truman died on Dec. 26, 1972 — exactly 50 years ago. The following morning, as Independence prepared for a presidential funeral, Pritchard, then 15, grabbed the family’s Super 8 video camera ...
State voters chose 25 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Ohio was narrowly won by Democratic Party candidate, incumbent President Harry S. Truman with 49.48% of the popular vote. Republican Party candidate Thomas E. Dewey received 49.24% of the popular vote.