Harry Truman Research Paper Outline

Harry S Truman was born on May 8, 1884, and was the oldest child of 3. He was born in Lamar, Missouri on a small farm in a room barely big enough for a bed. After 8 months of living in Lamar, the family decided to move to Harrisonville, Missouri. There, his mother gives birth to 2 children, John Vivian Truman in 1886, and Mary Jane Truman in 1889. Truman never attended college, but worked a variety of jobs throughout high school. In 1905, he enrolled into the missouri court guard and served until 1911. He had tried enrolling before, but his poor eyesight prevented him from ever making it, but he secretly memorized the vision test, and made it in. In 1917, he re enrolled into the army and fought in World War I, and he was promoted to captain of Battery D, 129th Field Artillery. On June 28th, Truman resigned from the army and married Bess Wallace, and gave birth to Margaret Truman on February 17, 1924.
He served through 1922-1924. Ten years later, Truman is elected as the senator of Missouri. While senator, he was on the Senators Appropriations Committee. While on the committee, he helped distribute tax money for Franklin Roosevelt's new deal projects, and investigated railroads. In 1944, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, knowing he would probably die in his 4th term, elected Harry Truman as his vice president for that term. As Roosevelt predicted, he died on April 12, in 1945. On that same day, Harry Truman took oath to office, and became our nation's 33rd