Harry S. Truman, 18841972 (aged 88 years)

Name
Harry S. /Truman/
Birth
Occupation
US President No. 33
Birth of a brother
Death of a paternal grandfather
Death of a father
1914 (aged 29 years)
Death of a mother
1947 (aged 62 years)
Death of a brother
Death
Burial
Family with parents
father
mother
Marriage Marriage
elder brother
19 months
himself
18841972
Birth: 8 May 1884 33 32 Lamar, Missouri
Death: 26 December 1972Kansas City, Missouri
2 years
younger brother
-17 years
elder sister
Family with Elizabeth (Bess) VirginiaWallace
himself
18841972
Birth: 8 May 1884 33 32 Lamar, Missouri
Death: 26 December 1972Kansas City, Missouri
wife
18851982
Birth: 13 February 1885Independence, Missouri
Death: 20 October 1982Independence, Missouri
daughter
Private
Note

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.