Birth: Lamar, Missouri, May 8, 1884

Ancestry: Scotch-English

Father: John Anderson Truman

Mother: Martha Ellen Young Truman

Brother: John Vivian Truman (1886-1965)

Sister: Mary Jane Truman (1889-1978)

Religious Affiliation: Baptist

Education: Public High School; attended Kansas City School of Law

Occupations Before Presidency: Timekeeper for a railroad construction company; Bank Clerk; Farmer; Haberdasher

Military Service: Missouri National Guard; Captain in 129th Field Artillery (1917-1919)

Prepresidential Offices: County Judge for Eastern District of Jackson County, Missouri; Presiding Judge, County Court, Jackson County, Missouri; United States Senator; United States Vice President

Inauguration Age: 60

Occupation After Presidency: Writer

Death: Kansas City, Missouri, December 26, 1972

Place of Burial: Independence, Missouri

Inauguration: April 12, 1945; The White House, Washington, D.C.

Secretary of State: Edward R. Stettinus; James F. Byrnes (from July 3, 1945); George C. Marshall (from January 21, 1947)

Secretary of the Treasury: Henry Morgenthau, Jr.; Fred M. Vinson (from July 23, 1945); John W. Snyder (from June 25, 1946)

Secretary of Defense: James V. Forrestal (Department was created in September 1947)

Secretary of War: Henry L. Stimson; Robert P. Patterson (from September 26, 1945); Kenneth C. Royall (from July 25, 1947) (Department disbanded in September 1947)

Attorney General: Francis Biddle; Tomas C. Clark (from July 1, 1945)

Postmaster General: Frank C. Walker; Robert E. Hannegan (from July 1, 1945); Jesse M. Donaldson (from December 16, 1947)

Secretary of the Navy: James V. Forrestal (Department disbanded in September 1947)

Secretary of the Interior: Harold L Ickes; Julius A. Krug (from March 18, 1946)

Secretary of Agriculture: Claude R. Wickard; Clinton P. Anderson (from June 30, 1945); Charles F. Brannan (from June 2, 1948)

Secretary of Commerce: Henry A. Wallace; W. Averell Harriman (from January 28, 1947); Charles Sawyer (from May 6, 1948)

Secretary of Labor: Frances Perkins; Lewis B. Schwellenbach (from July 1, 1945); Maurice J. Tobin (from August 13, 1948)

Supreme Court Appointments: Harold H. Burton (1945); Fred M. Vinson, Chief Justice (1946)

Congress #79 (January 3, 1945-August 2, 1946):

Senate: 57 Democrats; 38 Republicans; 1 Other

House: 243 Democrats; 190 Republicans; 2 Others

Congress #80 (Janaury 3, 1947-December 31, 1948):

Senate: 51 Republicans; 45 Democrats

House: 246 Republicans; 188 Democrats; 1 Other

Inauguration: January 20, 1949; The Capitol, Washington, D.C.

Vice President: Alben W. Barkley

Secretary of State: Dean G. Acheson

Secretary of the Treasury: John W. Snyder

Secretary of Defense: James V. Forrestal; Louis A. Johnson (from March 28, 1949); George C. Marshall (from September 21, 1950); Robert A. Lovett (from September 17, 1951)

Attorney General: Thomas C. Clark; J. Howard McGrath (from August 24, 1949); James P. McGranery (from May 27, 1952)

Postmaster General: Jesse M. Donaldson

Secretary of the Interior: Julius A. Krug; Oscar L. Chapman (from January 19, 1950)

Secretary of Agriculture: Charles F. Brannan

Secretary of Commerce: Charles Sawyer

Secretary of Labor: Maurice J. Tobin

Supreme Court Appointments: Thomas C. Clark (1949); Sherman Minton (1949)

Congress #81 (January 3, 1949-January 2, 1951):

Senate: 54 Democrats; 42 Republicans

House: 263 Democrats; 171 Republicans; 1 Other

Congress #82 (January 3, 1951-July 7, 1952):

Senate: 48 Democrats; 47 Republicans; 1 Other

House: 234 Democrats; 199 Republicans; 2 Others