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1 president served as an ordained minister, serving as a pastor in the Disciples of Christ (Christian) Church, James A. Garfield. [4] [5] 1 president served as speaker of the House of Representatives, James K. Polk. 1 president served as president pro tempore of the United States Senate, John Tyler.
The Ohio Department of Taxation is the administrative department of the Ohio state government [1] responsible for collection and administration of most state taxes, ...
President Truman signing a proclamation declaring a national emergency and authorizing U.S. entry into the Korean War President Truman (right) and General Douglas MacArthur at Wake Island, October 1950. Following World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union occupied Korea, which had been a colony of the Japanese Empire.
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.
In 1947, he became an administrative assistant to President Harry S. Truman. He was appointed to the post of Director of the Bureau of the Budget in 1950, and held the position until 1953. President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Lawton to a term on the United States Civil Service Commission after he left the Bureau; he served from 1953 to 1963.
In office May 6, 1948 – January 20, 1953: 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 ...
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.
January 25 – President Truman holds his two hundred and fifty-third news conference in the Indian Treaty Room in the Executive Office Building. President Truman begins the conference with an address on U.S. Representative to the United Nations Warren R. Austin conveying American government views on Communist China and announces appointments ...