Roosevelt vs. Truman

Both Roosevelt and Truman were originally elected as vice presidents however, when their presidents died, William McKinley from an assassin in 1901, and Franklin Roosevelt from natural causes in 1945, they had to step up and run the country lacking a vice president. While Truman had less experience with politics, he ultimately did a better job when faced with the sudden presidency. In addition to having less experience and still succeeding, Truman also had much more demanding problems.
1945; World War 2 was in its final year of fighting and by the end of April, Hitler had committed suicide, the Ustasa regime was toppled, and Truman was the new President of the United States. Before his unexpected death, Franklin Roosevelt had been constructing an atomic bomb to use on Japan and failed to inform his vice president about this. This lack of communication between the two was most likely based upon Roosevelt’s worries for if citizens found out about the construction; there was the fear of opposition as well the fear of failure in the face of the nation. The decision of whether to drop the atomic bomb or not, was Truman’s first and greatest conflict. Coming in to presidency at age 42, Roosevelt was 5 years and 29 days younger than President Grover Cleveland, who was previously the youngest president. Roosevelt’s young age was the first conflict he faced. In general, the age of 42 is seen as having much to teach whereas in regards to presidency, age 42 is seen as having much to learn. Conflicts of age could have been much worse for Roosevelt. He had also been the youngest man ever elected to the New York State Assembly and overcame that, which made his age less restricting than it could have been. People still were weary at first of Roosevelt becoming president because they felt that he still had to mature and might not make decisions that would most benefit the country. Both men got over their first hurdles but making a decision on a controversial topic, such as the