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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 was born on May 8, 1884, in Lamar, Missouri, the oldest child of John Anderson Truman (1851â1914) and Martha Ellen Young Truman (1852â1947). His parents chose the name Harry after his mother's brother, Harrison Harry Young (1846â1916).