Complex sentence: This was fueled by the Presidency of hometown boy Harry Truman from 1945 through 1953, followed immediately by Kansan Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1961.
Split into simpler sentences: This was fueled by the Presidency of hometown boy Harry Truman from 1945 through 1953. This in turn was followed by Kansan Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1961.