![]() ![]() In April 1945, with the end of World War Two in sight, Roosevelt died and Truman became president. ![]() It was estimated to have saved around $15 billion and made Truman a national figure.įranklin Roosevelt selected Truman as vice president in 1944. In 1941, he headed the Truman Committee investigating waste and fraud in the US defence programme. He became active in Democrat politics in Missouri and was elected to the senate in 1934 and re-elected in 1940. In 1923, he was appointed a judge in Jackson County, a mainly administrative position, and in his spare time studied at Kansas City Law School. He returned home in 1919 and married Bess Wallace. In 1917, he joined the US Army and fought in World War One. After leaving school he held a series of clerical positions, as well as farming. Harry Truman was born in Lamar, Missouri, on. © Truman was the 33rd president of the United States who oversaw the end of World War Two, including the atomic bombing of Japan, and the new challenges of the Cold War. ![]()
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