Harry Truman Biography
- Title:
- 33rd President of the United States
- Position:
- None Found to the question "Is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) Good for America?"
- Reasoning:
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No position found as of July 2, 2010
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- President of the United States, 1945-1953
- Initiated Korean War and sent US troops to Korean Penininsula, 1950
- Approved the dropping of two atomic bombs on Japan, Aug. 6 and 9, 1945
- Vice President of the United States, Jan. 20, 1945-Apr. 12, 1945
- US Senator (D-KS), 1934-1944
- Presiding Judge, Jackson County Court (Kansas), 1926-1934
- Judge, Jackson County Court (Kansas), 1922-1924
- Proprietor, men’s clothing store, Kansas City, 1919-1922
- Captain, 129th Field Artillery, Missouri National Guard, 1917
- Member, Missouri National Guard, 1905-1911
- Farmer, Truman family farm, 1906-1916
- Education:
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- High School Graduate, 1901
- Other:
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- Died, Dec. 26, 1972
- Married to Bess Wallace, June 28, 1919
- Born in Lamar, Missouri on May 8, 1884