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Harry S. Truman (1884–1972) 33rd • April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953 Initiated on February 9, 1909, in Belton Lodge No. 450, Belton, Missouri. First Worshipful Master of Grandview Lodge No. 618, Grandview, Missouri in 1911. Elected Grand Master of Missouri on September 25, 1940 and served until October 1, 1941.
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.
Harry S. Truman: 2,840 33rd • April 12, 1945 [h] – January 20, 1953: Succeeded to one partial term (3 years, 9 months, and 8 days), followed by one full term 16: Theodore Roosevelt: 2,728 26th • September 14, 1901 [h] – March 4, 1909: Succeeded to one partial term (3 years, 5 months, and 18 days), followed by one full term [i] 17 ...
Truman's chief advisors came from the State Department, especially Dean Acheson. The main issues of the United States foreign policy during include: [35] Final stages of World War II included the problem of defeating Japan with minimal American casualties. Truman asked Moscow to invade from the north, and decided to drop two atomic bombs. [36]
The loan became controversial, seen as a political favor to the Boeing Corporation, who supported the re-election campaign of President Harry S. Truman, and sparked a congressional inquiry. [13] President Dwight D. Eisenhower was in office when legislation terminated the RFC. It was "abolished as an independent agency by act of Congress (1953 ...
April 12 – Harry S. Truman is inaugurated as the 33rd president of the United States in a ceremony in the Cabinet Room, the oath being administered by Chief Justice of the United States Harlan F. Stone and completed exactly two hours and thirty four minutes after the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. [1]