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harry s. truman
He's the only U.S. president in The Hall of Famous Missourians
Trivia about harry s. truman
The office & courtroom where this president began his career have been restored in Independence, MO.
"Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography" was co-written by Merle Miller & this man
He once said, "I have never given anybody hell. I just tell the truth...& they think it's hell"
Independence, Missouri
David McCullough won a 1993 Pulitzer for his biography of this Missouri-born president
He was "Haberdasher Harry"
He was the first U.S. president born in Missouri -- Lamar, Missouri, to be exact
The "Man From Missouri"
He was elected as a Missouri senator in 1934; 10 years later, he got a promotion
Communist forces invaded South Korea during his second term
In a 1951 speech he said, "What we are doing in Korea...is...trying to prevent a third world war"
In 1890, at age 6, he and his family moved to Independence, MO., his home for most of the rest of his life
In his will, he left a plot of land in Grandview, Missouri to his Masonic lodge
On August 1, 1946 this president signed the McMahon Act creating the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
His 1947 doctrine offered aid to Greece, which was threatened by a Communist insurrection
Now turning 60, the USAF was established in September 1947 under this Pres. with Carl Spaatz as Chief of Staff
This president's middle initial, "S", honored both of his grandfathers
In 1950 2 Puerto Rican nationalists made an attempt on this president's life
On January 8, 1947, he told Congress that "America was not built on fear. America was built on courage"
In 1951 this man commuted the sentence of his would-be assassin Oscar Collazo to life in prison
He was the "Man from Missouri" & the "Man of Independence"
He once said, "I'm just a politician from Missouri and proud of it"
FDR had 3 vice presidents, this Missourian being the last
His reaction to the North's invasion was "Dean, we've got to stop the blanks of blanks no matter what"
In Key West, site of his vacation home, the "Little White House", he favored loud print shirts like the one seen here
U.S. president whose middle initial "S" stood for nothing
1945
Born in Missouri in 1884, according to his names, he was "Head of the House" & "A Faithful Man"
May 8, 1884 in Lamar, Missouri
In 1944 this victorious running mate sent FDR a telegram reading, "Isolationism is dead"
U.S. president who recognized the new state of Israel; first president Chaim Weizmann gave him a Torah
An amateur pianist, this President often entertained White House guests in the 1940s
He called himself "the plain people's pres. against the privileged people's Congress"
The only man with "man" in his last name to be U.S. president
In 1950 he threatened a music critic who had unkind words for daughter Margaret's singing
The 22nd Amendment, limiting a president to 2 terms, was ratified during this man's presidency
He owned a haberdashery in Kansas City, Missouri
This president lived in Blair House for 4 years while the White House underwent a $5.8 million renovation
His library in Independence, Missouri opened to the public in 1957
In 1947:Kenneth C. Royall
Both the U.N. Charter & the NATO Pact were signed by this president
Both he and Bess are buried in the courtyard of his Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri