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INTRODUCTION
Harry S. Truman was the 33rd president in the United States and he served from 1945-1953. Harry Truman was arguably one of the best presidents of all time. ... Through his presidency Truman also focused on centralizing the government power to the executive branch, a trend that was begun by Franklin D. ... One thing interesting about Truman was his childhood and early career, before he became president.
EARLY LIFE
Harry Truman was born in 1884, in Lamar, Missouri. ... His mother was Martha Ellen Young Truman, and his father was John Anderson Truman. Truman actually didn’t have a middle name, but he was given a middle initial to please two family relatives who had a middle initial of “S.”
When Truman was six his family moved to Independence, Missouri, where he went to Sunday school at the Presbyterian Church. ... Truman did not start school until he was eight years old. ...
In 1901 when Truman graduated from high school, his future was uncertain. He could not attend college because it was out of his family’s budget, and West Point wasn’t possible because of his poor eyesight. ...
Truman was called back to Missouri upon his grandmother’s death, which had given the family a large farm that needed handling. Truman became a very successful farmer, and joined the Kansas City Sixth Ward Democratic Club. In 1914, after the death of his father, Truman became the Grandview, Missouri postmaster. ...
Just before World War I started, Truman enlisted in the army. ... He was elected first lieutenant by the men of Missouri’s Second Field Artillery. Truman sailed for France on March 30, 1918, and as a recently promoted captain was given command of Battery D, a rowdy and unmanageable group known as the Dizzy D. Truman succeeded in taming his unit, and the Dizzy D distinguished itself in the battles of Saint-Mihiel and Argonne. In April 1919 Truman, then a major, returned home, and on June 28 he married Elizabeth Wallace.
START OF POLITICAL CAREER
Harry Truman held his first political position in 1923, as a county judge. As one of the three county judges, Truman could not repair the bad roads, the crumbling public buildings, or the “depleted county treasury. ...
Twelve years later Truman decided to run for Senator in Missouri.
Approximate Word count = 1860
Approximate Pages = 7.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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