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  2. Harry S. Truman 1948 presidential campaign - Wikipedia

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    Truman later said: "I felt like the moon, the stars, and all the planets had fallen on me." [14] Truman asked Roosevelt's cabinet members to remain in their positions, telling them he was open to their advice. He emphasized a central principle of his administration: he would be the one making the decisions, and they were to support him. [15]

  3. Presidency of Harry S. Truman - Wikipedia

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    Truman poses in 1959 at the recreation of the Truman Oval Office at the Truman Library in 1959, with the famous "The Buck Stops Here" sign on his desk. Truman's ranking in polls of historians and political scientists have never fallen lower than ninth, and he has ranked as high as fifth in a C-SPAN poll in 2009. [ 307 ]

  4. Second-term curse - Wikipedia

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    The report stated that each of the eleven second terms served from the beginning of the Theodore Roosevelt administration to the end of the George W. Bush administration were less economically prosperous than their respective president's first term, save for the second terms of Truman, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton. [8]

  5. Harry S. Truman - Wikipedia

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    The highly unpopular Truman was handily defeated by Kefauver; 18 days later the president formally announced he would not seek a second full term. Truman was eventually able to persuade Stevenson to run, and the governor gained the nomination at the 1952 Democratic National Convention. [306

  6. 1944 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection

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    The Democratic Party's 1944 nomination for Vice President of the United States was determined at the 1944 Democratic National Convention on July 21, 1944. U.S. Senator Harry S. Truman from Missouri was nominated to be President Franklin D. Roosevelt's running mate in his bid to be re-elected for a fourth term.

  7. Most presidents seek reelection — here are the ones who ...

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    Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated what state Robert Kennedy was from. He was from New York. The November midterm elections are fast approaching, and with them the ...

  8. Here’s What Happens If a President Won’t Leave Office - AOL

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    When George Washington‘s second term was over, he voluntarily stepped down and John Adams, who had won the election, took office. “That was not a constitutional requirement at the time ...

  9. United States presidential transition - Wikipedia

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    Eisenhower, smarting from an insult aimed at him by Truman during the campaign ("The general doesn't know any more about politics than a pig knows about Sunday."), declined to receive a direct briefing from Truman before the election. [10] Truman also ordered federal agencies to assist with the transition.