4. | Harry S Truman (1.John1) was born on 8 May 1884 in Lamar, Barton, Missouri, USA; died on 26 Dec 1972 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA; was buried in Independence, Jackson, Missouri, USA. 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.
Harry married Elizabeth Bess Virginia Wallace on 28 Jun 1919 in Independence, Clay, Missouri, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of David Willock Wallace and Margaret Elizabeth Gates) was born on 13 Feb 1885 in Independence, Jackson, Missouri, USA; died on 18 Oct 1982 in Independence, Jackson, Missouri, USA; was buried in Independence, Jackson, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 6. Margaret Mary Truman was born on 17 Feb 1924 in Independence, Jackson, Missouri, USA; died on 29 Jan 2008 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried in Independence, Jackson, Missouri, USA.
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