Harry S. Truman

Thirty-Third President Term: 1945-1953 Born: May 8, 1884 in Lamar, Missouri Died: December 26, 1972 in Independence, Missouri Married to Elizabeth Virginia Wallace Truman

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INAUGURAL NOTES: A former county judge, Senator and Vice President, Harry S. Truman had taken the oath of office first on April 12, 1945, upon the death of President Roosevelt. Mr. Truman's victory in the 1948 election was so unexpected that many newspapers had declared the Republican candidate, Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York, the winner. The President went to the East Portico of the Capitol to take the oath of office on two Bibles--the personal one he had used for the first oath, and a Gutenberg Bible donated by the citizens of Independence, Missouri. The ceremony was televised as well as broadcast on the radio.