Harry S. Truman's Presidency

Harry S. Truman came into the presidency during one of the most turbulent period in American history. Although Truman left office with one of the lowest approval ratings of any president, with the passage of time, his reputation grew. His dedication to decency, honesty, and old-fashioned common sense eventually endeared him in the publics mind. As his daughter later wrote in toward the end of his life, "He is of course, pleased when he hears that one historian or another, or a group of historians, has rated him as one of the right or nine greatest presidents in our history."
During the mid 1960's, Harry started to suffer from health problems. He couldn’t be as active as he wanted; he couldn’t take his 2 mile walks or work in his library.