President Truman's relief of General Douglas MacArthur creation of a professional military. This made civilian control increasingly problematic when coupled with the constitutional division of powers between the President as commander-in-chief, and the Congress with its power to raise armies, maintain a navy, and wage wars. In relieving MacArthur for failing to "respect the authority of the President" by privately communicating with Congress, Truman upheld the President's role as pre-eminent. Harry S. Truman became President of the United States on the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1945, and won an unexpected victory in the 1948 presidential election. He was the only president who served after 1897
President of the Church Veazey and he was ordained as the Prophet–President on June 3, 2005. The Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints continues to believe in the lineal succession through the Jewish Laws of Inheritance. As such, the president of the Remnant Church, Frederick Niels Larsen, is a direct descendant (maternal 2nd great-grandson) of Joseph Smith, Jr. Similar to other denominations in the Latter Day Saint movement, in The Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite), the "President of the General Church" is also a member of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles. The tiny Church of Jesus Christ (Cutlerite), headquartered in Independence,