Harry S. Truman

==Term==
33rd President of the United States
Democratic
April 12, 1945 - January 20, 1953  (60-68)
Preceded by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Succeeded by Dwight D. Eisenhower
34th Vice President of the United States
January 20, 1945 - April 12, 1945  (60)
Preceded by Henry A. Wallace
Succeeded by Alben W. Barkley
==Data==
Full Name 	Harry S. Truman
Born 	May 8, 1884
Birthplace	Lamar, Missouri
Died 	December 26, 1972  (88 years)
Deathplace	Kansas City, Missouri
==Parents==
John Anderson Truman
Born 	December 5, 1851
Father 	Anderson Shipp Truman  (1816-87) (71 years)
Mother 	Mary Jane Holmes  (1821-78) (57 years)
Marriage	1881 - 1914  (33 years, died)
Died 	November 3, 1914  (62 years)
Martha Ellen Young
Born 	November 5, 1852
Father 	Solomon Young  (1815-92) (77 years)
Mother 	Harriet Louisa Gregg  (1818-1909) (91 years)
Children	3
Died 	July 26, 1947  (94 years)
==Siblings==
1. John Vivian Truman  (1886-1965) (79 years)
(married 1911  Luella Campbell  (1887-1978) (91 years))
2. Mary Jane Truman  (1889-1978) (89 years)
==Marriages==
1. Elizabeth Virginia Wallace
Born 	February 3, 1885
Father 	David Willock Wallace  (1860-1903) (43 years)
Mother 	Margaret Elizabeth Gates  (1862-1952) (90 years)
Marriage	June 28, 1919 - December 26, 1972  (53 years, died)
Died 	October 18, 1982  (97 years)
==Children==
1. Mary Margaret Truman
Born 	February 17, 1924
Husband 	Elbert Clifton Daniel Jr.  (1912-2000) (88 years)
Marriage	April 21, 1956 - February 21, 2000  (43 years, widowed)
Children	Clifton, William, Harrison, Thomas
Died 	January 29, 2008  (83 years)
==Occupations==
U.S. Senator from Missouri  (1935-45)
Presiding Judge of Jackson County, Missouri  (1927-35)
Judge of Jackson County, Missouri's Eastern District  (1923-25)
Haberdasher
Bank Clerk
Railroad Timekeeper
==Military Service==
Colonel in the United States Army Reserve  (1920-53)
Major in the United States Army  (1917-19)
First Lieutenant in the Missouri State National Guard  (1905-11)
==Presidential Election of 1948==
1. Harry S. Truman
Birth/Death 	1884 - 1972  (88 years)
State 	Missouri
Occupation 	Incumbent President of the United States  (1945-53)
Political Party	Democratic
Vice President 	
Alben W. Barkley  (1877-1956) (KY)
U.S. Senator from Kentucky  (1927-49, 1955-56)
Popular Vote 	24, 179, 347  (49.55%)
Electoral Vote 	303  (28 states)
2. Thomas E. Dewey
Birth/Death 	1902 - 1971  (69 years)
State 	New York
Occupation 	Governor of New York  (1943-54)
Political Party	Republican
Vice President 	
Earl Warren  (1891-1974) (CA)
Governor of California  (1943-53)
Popular Vote 	21, 991, 292  (45.07%)
Electoral Vote 	189  (16 states)
3. Strom Thurmond
Birth/Death 	1902 - 2003  (101 years)
State 	South Carolina
Occupation 	Governor of South Carolina  (1947-51)
Political Party	States' Rights Democratic
Vice President 	
Fielding L. Wright  (1895-1956) (MS)
Governor of Mississippi  (1946-52)
Popular Vote 	1, 175, 930  (2.41%)
Electoral Vote 	39  (5 states)
4. Henry A. Wallace
Birth/Death 	1888 - 1965  (77 years)
State 	Iowa
Occupation 	Former Secretary of Commerce of the United States  (1945-46)
Political Party	Progressive-American Labor
Vice President 	
Glen H. Taylor  (1904-84) (ID)
U.S. Senator from Idaho  (1945-51)
Popular Vote 	1, 157, 328  (2.37%)
Electoral Vote 	0
5. Norman Thomas
Birth/Death 	1884 - 1968  (84 years)
State 	New York
Occupation 	Presbyterian Minister and Political Activist
Political Party	Socialist
Vice President 	
Tucker P. Smith  (1898-1970) (MI)
Educator and Economist
Popular Vote 	139, 569  (0.29%)
Electoral Vote 	0
6. Claude A. Watson
Birth/Death 	1885 - 1978  (93 years)
State 	California
Occupation 	Lawyer, Businessman, and Methodist Minister
Political Party	Prohibition
Vice President 	
Dale H. Learn  (1897-1976) (PA)
Real Estate Agent
Popular Vote 	103, 708  (0.21%)
Electoral Vote 	0
7. Edward A. Teichert
Birth/Death 	1904 - 1974  (70 years)
State 	Pennsylvania
Occupation 	Factory Foreman and Political Activist
Political Party	Socialist Labor
Vice President 	
Stephen Emery  (1909-80) (NY)
Subway Dispatcher and Political Activist
Popular Votes 	29, 244  (0.06%)
Electoral Vote 	0
8. Farrell Dobbs
Birth/Death 	1907 - 1983  (76 years)
State 	Minnesota
Occupation 	Trade Unionist and Historian
Political Party	Socialist Workers
Vice President 	
Grace Carlson  (1906-92) (MN)
Psychologist and Educator
Popular Vote 	13, 613  (0.03%)
Electoral Vote 	0
==Vice President==
Alben W. Barkley  (1877-1956)	KY	1949-53
==Cabinet==
Secretary of State
Edward Stettinius Jr.  (1900-49)	VA	1945
Joseph Grew  (1880-1965) 	NH	1945
James F. Byrnes  (1882-1972) 	SC	1945-47
George Marshall  (1880-1959) 	PA	1947-49
Dean Acheson  (1893-1971) 	CT	1949-53
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau Jr.  (1891-1967)	NY	1945
Fred M. Vinson  (1890-1953) 	KY	1945-46
John Wesley Snyder  (1895-1985) 	MO	1946-53
Secretary of War
Henry L. Stimson  (1867-1950) 	NY	1945
Robert P. Patterson  (1891-1952) 	NY	1945-47
Kenneth Claiborne Royall  (1894-1971)	NC	1947
Attorney General
Francis Biddle  (1886-1968) 	PA	1945
Tom C. Clark  (1899-1977) 	TX	1945-49
J. Howard McGrath  (1903-66) 	RI	1949-52
James P. McGranery  (1895-1962)	PA	1952-53
Secretary of the Navy
James Forrestal  (1892-1949)	NY	1945-47
Postmaster General
Frank Comerford Walker  (1886-1959)	PA	1945
Robert E. Hannegan  (1903-49) 	MO	1945-47
Jesse M. Donaldson  (1885-1970) 	MO	1947-53
Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes  (1874-1952) 	IL	1945-46
Oscar L. Chapman  (1896-1978)	CO	1946
Julius Albert Krug  (1907-70)	WI	1946-49
Oscar L. Chapman  (1896-1978)	CO	1949-53
Secretary of Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard  (1893-1967) 	IN	1945
Clinton Presba Anderson  (1895-1975)	NM	1945-48
Charles F. Brannan  (1903-92) 	CO	1948-53
Secretary of Commerce
Henry A. Wallace  (1888-1965) 	IA	1945-46
Alfred Schindler  (1894-1956) 	CA	1946
W. Averall Harriman  (1891-1986)	NY	1946-48
Charles W. Sawyer  (1887-1979) 	OH	1948-53
Secretary of Labor
Frances Perkins  (1880-1965) 	NY	1945
Lewis B. Schwellenbach  (1894-1948)	WA	1945-48
Maurice J. Tobin  (1901-53) 	MA	1948-53
Secretary of Defense
James Forrestal  (1892-1949) 	NY	1947-49
Louis A. Johnson  (1891-1966)	WV	1949-50
George Marshall  (1880-1959) 	PA	1950-51
Robert A. Lovett  (1895-1986)	NY	1951-53
==United States Supreme Court==
Chief Justice
Harlan F. Stone  (1872-1946)	NY	1941-46  (5 years)
Fred M. Vinson  (1890-1953) 	KY	1946-53  (7 years)
Associate Justices
Owen Roberts  (1875-1955) 	PA	1930-45  (15 years)
Hugo Black  (1886-1971) 	AL	1937-71  (34 years)
Stanley Forman Reed  (1884-1980) 	KY	1938-57  (19 years)
Felix Frankfurter  (1882-1965) 	NY	1939-62  (23 years)
William O. Douglas  (1898-1980) 	NY	1939-75  (36 years)
Frank Murphy  (1890-1949) 	MI	1940-49  (9 years)
Robert H. Jackson  (1892-1954) 	NY	1941-54  (13 years)
Wiley Blount Rutledge  (1894-1949)	DC	1943-49  (6 years)
Harold Hitz Burton  (1888-1964) 	OH	1945-58  (13 years)
Tom C. Clark  (1899-1977) 	TX	1949-67  (18 years)
Sherman Minton  (1890-1965) 	IN	1949-56  (7 years)
==External Links==
*Genealogy of Harry S. Truman