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Harry
S. Truman - 34th Vice President
Party: Democrat
Term: Jan 20, 1945 - Apr 12, 1945
Age at Inauguration: 52
Life Span: May 8, 1884 - Nov 18, 1965 [77]
President:Franklin Roosevelt |
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- Harry Truman did not want to be vice
president, and didn't serve that long as eighty-three days into
the term Franklin Roosevelt died Presidential
Death in Office
- Truman was the last vice president
who did not attend college
- He had hoped to make a living as a
piano player but opened a haberdashery with a fellow army buddy
that went bust
- Truman refused to declare bankruptcy
and worked his entire life to pay the debts from the business
- While in the senate he was in charge
of overseeing the war effort and saved the country an estimated
15 billion dollars
- Truman copied John Nance Garner's
habit of poker and booze from his senate office
- It was during one of these "sessions"
that he was summoned to the White House upon the death of FDR
President Harry Truman
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