Portrait of American politician and US President Harry S Truman (1884 - 1972), June 27, 1945. (Photo by Stock Montage/Getty Images)
President Harry Truman holds up a copy of the Chicago Daily Tribune declaring his defeat to Thomas Dewey in the presidential election, St Louis, MIssouri, November 1948. (Photo by Underwood Archives/Getty Images)
1948: American President, Harry S Truman smiles and waves to the excited Kansas City crowd after hearing the news that he had won the United States elections and retained the Presidency. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
American president (right) Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 - 1945) with his vice-president and successor Harry S Truman (1884 - 1972) on the lawn of the White House, shortly after both men received the Democratic Party nomination for the forthcoming election. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
Harry S. Truman (1884 - 1972) takes the oath at the start of his term of office as the 33rd president of the United States. Standing beside him are his wife Bess and daughter Margaret. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)
