Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 served as a United States senatorfrom Missourifrom 1935 to 1945 and briefly in 1945 as the 34th vice presidentunder Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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 ...
The 1948 United States presidential election was the 41st quadrennial presidential election.It was held on Tuesday, November 2, 1948. In one of the greatest election upsets in American history, [2] [3] [4] incumbent Democratic President Harry S. Truman defeated heavily favored Republican New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey, and third-party candidates, becoming the third president to succeed to ...
The 1944 United States presidential election was the 40th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 7, 1944. The election took place during World War II, which ended the following year. Incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Republican Thomas E. Dewey to win an unprecedented fourth term.
The 1946 United States elections were held on November 5, 1946, and elected the members of the 80th United States Congress. In the first election after World War II, incumbent President Harry S. Truman (who took office on April 12, 1945, upon the death of his predecessor, Franklin D. Roosevelt) and the Democratic Party suffered large losses.
Electoral history prior to 1934. Before 1934, Truman ran four times for various administrative judgeships in Jackson County, Missouri. In 1922, Truman won the Democratic Party Primary election and general election for Eastern Judge of Jackson County. In 1924, Truman won the Democratic Party Primary election but lost the general election for ...
July 20, 1948: President Truman issued the second peacetime military draft in the United States amid increasing tensions with the Soviet Union. July 26, 1948: Turnip Day Session begins, mandated by Truman on July 15, 1948; President Truman signed Executive Order 9981, ending racial segregation in the United States Armed Forces.
The party leaders went to work talking to delegates, cutting deals and applying pressure to persuade them to select Truman. Truman won the second ballot by 1031 votes to 105. The maneuverings over the 1944 vice presidential nomination proved to be historic, as FDR died in April 1945, and Truman, not Wallace, thus became the nation's 33rd president.