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Presidency of Harry S. Truman. The presidency of Harry S. Truman began on April 12, 1945, when Harry S. Truman became President of the United States upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt, and ended on January 20, 1953

Presidency of Harry S. Roosevelt, and ended on January 20, 1953. He had been Vice President of the United States for only 82 days when he succeeded to the presidency. A Democrat from Missouri, he ran for and won a full four–year term in the 1948 election.

Harry Truman (1884-1972), the 33rd . president, assumed office following the death of President Franklin Roosevelt. In the White House from 1945 to 1953, Truman made the decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan in World War II, helped rebuild postwar Europe, worked to contain communism and led the United States into the Korean War (1950-1953).

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American politician, 33rd President of the United States (in office from 1945 to 1953). Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd President of the United States (1945–53), an American politician of the Democratic Party. He served as a United States Senator from Missouri (1935–45) and briefly as Vice President (1945) before he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945 upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Truman also lead us through the Korean Wa. I admit that I don’t know a lot about President Truman. I know that he desegregated the armed forces and I applaud that

Truman also lead us through the Korean War. That’s all I can think, but Truman was a man who was thrust into the presidency and forced to make tough decisions in a short amount of time. Upon the death of FDR he became president little was known of him and VERY LITTLE was expected of him. He quickly grasped the danger coming from our former WW2 ally the USSR. I know that he desegregated the armed forces and I applaud that. And I know that he guided the US through a time of grief and crises with the death of FDR while World War II continued.