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Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 â December 26, 1972) was the 33rd President of the United States (1945â53), an American politician of the Democratic Party.
Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 â December 26, 1972) was the 33rd President of the United States (1945â53).As the final running mate of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944, Truman succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when Roosevelt died after months of declining health.ollowing the war, Truman assisted in the founding of the United Nations, issued the Truman Doctrine to contain communism, and passed the $13 billion Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe, including the Axis Powers, whereas the wartime allied Soviet Union became the peacetime enemy, and the Cold War began.