Harry Truman, no political tyro ... ever since the great Court-packing skirmish of 1937. In such a war, a President who stakes everything on public support and fails to win it—in unmistakable ...

On Tuesday’s edition of The Five, guest co-host Rosanna Scotto told viewers that President Harry Truman tried to buy Greenland in 1867. Born in 1884, Truman served as president from 1945 to 1953.

“I have learned,” Harry Truman told the assembled lame ducks, “that if you stick around in public life long enough, defeat is certain.” Home for the Holidays. At week’s end, the ...

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Harry Truman never wanted to be president. He got the job anyway when Franklin Roosevelt died in April 1945. FDR was a hard act to follow, and Truman was largely unknown outside his home state.

AND WHY CARTER ADMIRED HARRY TRUMAN SO MUCH. REPORTER. SEPTEMBER 2ND, 1980. THE FINAL TIME PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER VISITED KANSAS CITY WHILE STILL IN OFFICE, HE WAS IN THE THROES OF A DIFFICULT ...

Having inaugurated the 47th president this week, it is worth reflecting on the example set by Harry S. Truman, our 33rd ...