Ruler · 1884 – 1972

Harry S. Truman

Lived 1884 – 1972; politician, military officer. President of the United States (United States), 1945 – 1953.

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Lived: 1884 – 1972; 88 years
In office: 8 years; one reign
Lines: 1; United States
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of the United States

United States · the 34th of 48 dated reigns · 1789 – 2025

30 before

Calvin Coolidge1923 – 1929

Herbert Hoover1929 – 1933

Franklin D. Roosevelt1933 – 1945

Harry S. Truman1945 – 1953

Dwight D. Eisenhower1953 – 1961

John F. Kennedy1961 – 1963

Lyndon B. Johnson1963 – 1969

11 after

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1945 – 1953 · 8 years · came to it aged 61

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1953; they died in 1972

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