Harry S Truman

1884 - 1972  (88 years)

• Name	Harry S Truman  [1, 2]
  Birth	8 May 1884	Lamar, Barton, Missouri, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	26 Dec 1972	Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA   [1]
  Burial	Independence, Jackson, Missouri, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I1668	A Demo Tree
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2023

  
  

  Father	John Anderson Truman,   b. 5 Dec 1851, Jackson, Missouri, USA d. 3 Nov 1914, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA (Age 62 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Martha Ellen Young,   b. 25 Nov 1852, Jackson, Missouri, USA d. 26 Jul 1947, Grandview, Jackson, Missouri, USA (Age 94 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1882  [2]
  Family ID	F834	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Bess Virginia Wallace,   b. 13 Feb 1885, Independence, Jackson, Missouri, USA d. 18 Oct 1982, Independence, Jackson, Missouri, USA (Age 97 years)
  Marriage	28 Jun 1919	Independence, Clay, Missouri, USA
  Children	+ 1. Margaret Mary Truman,   b. 17 Feb 1924, Independence, Jackson, Missouri, USA d. 29 Jan 2008, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (Age 83 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F833	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2023

  
  

• Notes

  Succeeded to the presidency upon the sudden death of Franklin D. Roosevelt on April 12, 1945. Was reelected in 1948 over Thomas E. Dewey, Strom Thurmond, and Henry A. Wallace by a popular vote of 24,179,345 to 21,991,291, 1,176,125, and 1,157,326, and an electoral vote of 303 to 189, 39, and 0. Was sometimes called "Give-'em-hell-Harry". Coined the phrases "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen." and "The buck stops here." Gave the order to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for Bess Truman [S15] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Independence Ward 1, Jackson, Missouri; Page: 8; Enumeration District: 0005; FHL microfilm: 1240860. Record for John H Truman