Harry Truman Personality

Harry S Truman was born May 8, 1884 in Lamar, Missouri to John Anderson Truman and Martha Ellen Truman. Harry S Truman was named after his mother’s brother, Harry Young, and both of his grandfathers, Anderson Shipp Truman and Solomon Young. However, his middle initial “S” does not stand for a name, his parents gave him the initial to please and honor his grandfathers. Harry was the eldest of three children and often assisted his father, who was a farmer and mule trader, around his family’s farm. Once Harry was ten months old, his family moved to Independence, Missouri so he could attend Presbyterian Church Sunday School. Harry did not attend a traditional school until he was eight, and even then he was deprived of participating in sports
During his service, Truman had gain the respect and appreciation of his men, despite his shy and quiet demeanor, and successfully led them through the battle of Meuse-Argonne. A month after returning home from the army, Harry S Truman married Elizabeth Wallace, his childhood friend and sweetheart, on June 8, 1919. Together the couple had one child, a daughter, Mary Margaret Truman. Harry S Truman attempted to make a life for his family by owning a small hat business in Kansas City during the time of the Great Depression. Ultimately, the small business failed and left Truman and his family owing more than $20,000 to
Throughout this difficult time for his family, Truman began taking night classes toward a law degree at Kansas City Law School, but dropped out after a semester. Around the time, Harry had been introduced to Democratic Thomas Pendergast, form serving in the army with his nephew, James. Thomas Pendergast had establish a position for Harry to supervise highways and chose him a year later to run for county judge. 1922, Truman had won the election to be one of the three county judges for Kansas City, but lost the re-election in 1926, the only election he had ever lost.
Although Truman was defeated for reelection, in 1926 he won the election for the head judge in Jackson County Court and held this position until he ran for senator in 1934. Truman’s first term as senator was a long and very successful one, he had overseen many projects and held important roles in leading decisions that changed America. For example, Truman was part of the Senate Appropriation Committee that dealt with the disruption of tax money, Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal projects, and Interstate Commerce Committee, which handled all railroads, highways, and interstate shipping. In