Harry S. TrumanAge: 88 years18841972

Name
Harry S. Truman
Given names
Harry S.
Surname
Truman
Birth May 8, 1884 33 32
Birth of a brotherVivian (John) Truman
April 25, 1886 (Age 23 months)

Death of a paternal grandfatherAnderson Shipp Truman
July 3, 1887 (Age 3 years)

Death of a fatherJohn Anderson Truman
1914 (Age 29 years)

Death of a motherMartha Ellen Young
1947 (Age 62 years)

Death of a brotherVivian (John) Truman
July 8, 1965 (Age 81 years)

Occupation
US President No. 33
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Death December 26, 1972 (Age 88 years)
Burial
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Marriage:
elder brother
18 months
himself
2 years
younger brother
-17 years
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  1. Generation 1
    1. Harry S. Truman, uS President No. 33, son of John Anderson Truman and Martha Ellen Young, was born on May 8, 1884 in Lamar, Missouri and died on December 26, 1972 in Kansas City, Missouri at the age of 88. He married Elizabeth (Bess) Virginia Wallace.

      Harry S. Truman and Elizabeth (Bess) Virginia Wallace had 1 child.

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    The details of this generation are private.
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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.