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"The Man from Independence" |
Harry Truman
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PRESIDENTIAL TV |
2024-02-16 |
#9040 |
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He was a member of the Missouri National Guard |
Truman
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$200 |
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BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT |
2021-12-07 |
#8527 |
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He was the first president to deliver the State of the Union Address on television |
Harry Truman
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PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY |
2020-03-27 |
#8190 |
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Living on a $112 per month pension after the White House, this ex-haberdasher refused any cashing in on the prestige of the presidency |
Harry Truman
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THE PRESIDENT HAD MONEY TROUBLES |
2019-12-12 |
#8114 |
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This 20th century president's middle initial "S" didn't stand for anything specific |
Truman
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$600 |
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U.S. PRESIDENTS |
2019-06-21 |
#8020 |
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Of the presidents who served more than 4 years, but less than 2 full terms, he served the longest:7 years, 9 months, 8 days |
Harry Truman
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PRESIDENTS |
2018-07-09 |
#7801 |
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Independence, Missouri |
Truman
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$200 |
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PRESIDENTIAL BURIAL PLACES |
2018-01-17 |
#7678 |
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Though he graduated from high school in 1901 & later graduated to the presidency, he never graduated from college |
Harry Truman
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U.S. PRESIDENTS |
2017-04-24 |
#7516 |
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The Mariana Islands, a U.N. trust territory formally acquired soon after the founding of the United Nations |
Truman
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$800 |
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ACQUISITIVE PRESIDENTS |
2016-09-22 |
#7364 |
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From 1927 to 1935 he served as the presiding judge of Jackson County, Missouri |
Truman
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$800 |
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HAIL TO THE CHIEF |
2016-02-03 |
#7228 |
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1998:"The ____ Show" |
Truman
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$200 |
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PRESIDENTIAL SURNAMES ON FILM |
2016-01-28 |
#7224 |
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While playing the piano at a Missouri fair, he said, "When I played this, Stalin signed the Potsdam Agreement" |
Truman
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$600 |
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OUR MUSICAL PRESIDENTS |
2015-06-30 |
#7102 |
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May 8, 1884in Lamar, Missouri |
Harry Truman
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$800 |
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BIRTH OF A VICE PRESIDENT |
2014-10-30 |
#6929 |
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He served as vice president from January 20 to April 12, 1945 |
Truman
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$400 |
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VICE PRESIDENTS |
2014-03-11 |
#6792 |
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In 1946 he attended daughter Margaret's graduation from George Washington University & was awarded an LL.D. |
Truman
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YOU MUST BE PRESIDENT TO WIN |
2013-06-26 |
#6638 |
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The U.S. first conducted atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific |
Truman
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$800 |
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HE WAS PRESIDENT WHEN... |
2013-03-12 |
#6562 |
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December 26, 1972 in Kansas City, Missouri |
Truman
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$400 |
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THE PRESIDENT IS DEAD |
2012-11-29 |
#6489 |
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Though he didn't graduate, he attended the Kansas City School Of Law for 2 years beginning in 1923 |
Truman
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$1,200 |
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PRESIDENTIAL ALUMS |
2012-06-08 |
#6395 |
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1946 |
Harry Truman
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$600 |
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PRESIDENT OF THE YEAR |
2012-04-27 |
#6365 |
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Strom Thurmond |
Harry Truman
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$3,000 |
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THE THIRD-MOST POPULAR PRESIDENTIAL CHOICE |
2011-12-29 |
#6279 |
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V.P. for just 83 days before getting the top job, this chief exec goes for the ZZ Top--what a sharp dressed man |
Harry Truman
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$200 |
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PRESIDENTIAL MAKEOVERS |
2010-12-08 |
#6038 |
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On April 12, 1945 he asked Eleanor Roosevelt, "Is there anything I can do for you?" |
Harry Truman
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$600 |
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PRESIDENTIAL QUOTATIONS |
2010-09-30 |
#5989 |
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His inauguration was the first to be televised |
Truman
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$800 |
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PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION LORE |
2010-01-26 |
#5842 |
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Hometown: Lamar, Missouri; Religious Views: Baptist |
Truman
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$200 |
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PRESIDENTIAL FACEBOOK PAGES |
2009-09-29 |
#5757 |
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Signs the U.N. charter in San Francisco |
Truman
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$1,000 |
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THE PRESIDENT'S FIRST 100 DAYS |
2009-04-24 |
#5680 |
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He was a member of the Missouri National Guard |
Harry Truman
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$800 |
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BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT... |
2009-04-02 |
#5664 |
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In a January 6, 1947 diary entry, he called the White House the "great white jail" |
Harry Truman
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PRESIDENTIAL WIT |
2008-12-01 |
#5576 |
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ARM NUT |
Truman
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$800 |
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ANAGRAMMED PRESIDENTIAL LAST NAMES |
2008-11-14 |
#5565 |
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He wrote more than 1,300 letters to Bess; their 9-year courtship was called his longest campaign |
Truman
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$600 |
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ALL ABOUT PRESIDENTS |
2008-05-01 |
#5454 |
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He was a judge of the Jackson County Court in Missouri |
Truman
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BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT |
2008-03-21 |
#5425 |
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This vice president who later succeeded to the presidency was born May 8, 1884 in Lamar, Missouri |
Harry Truman
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VICE PRESIDENTS |
2008-02-14 |
#5399 |
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His presidential library is about 35 miles from the Kansas City, Missouri airport |
Harry Truman
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PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES |
2007-07-24 |
#5282 |
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He said, "I didn't fire" MacArthur because he was dumb, "although he was, but that's not against the law for generals" |
Harry Truman
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$1,200 |
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PRESIDENTIAL HUMOR |
2007-06-22 |
#5260 |
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His daughter Margaret was born in Independence, Missouri |
Harry Truman
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$1,200 |
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PRESIDENTIAL FAMILIES |
2006-10-05 |
#5074 |
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He announced to the American public, "The force from which the sun draws its power has been loosed..." |
Harry Truman
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PRESIDENTIAL QUOTATIONS |
2006-07-19 |
#5048 |
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On June 28, 1919 he married Elizabeth Wallace |
Harry Truman
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$2,000 |
DJ |
U.S. PRESIDENTS |
2006-04-21 |
#4985 |
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He wrote the letters collected in the book "Dear Bess" |
Harry Truman
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$800 |
DJ |
PRESIDENTS & FIRST LADIES |
2006-03-27 |
#4966 |
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He was the only 20th century president who didn't attend formal college |
Harry Truman
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PRESIDENTIAL FAST FACTS |
2005-11-22 |
#4877 |
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...the Communist People's Republic of China was founded |
Truman
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$1,200 |
DJ |
WHO WAS PRESIDENT WHEN... |
2004-07-12 |
#4586 |
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Along with his papers, his library contains a large mural by Thomas Hart Benton |
Harry Truman
DD
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$1,800 |
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PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES |
2004-07-07 |
#4583 |
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He owned a haberdashery in Kansas City, Missouri |
Harry S. Truman
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$800 |
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BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT... |
2003-10-09 |
#4389 |
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May 8, 1884 in Lamar, Missouri |
Harry S. Truman
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BIRTH OF A PRESIDENT |
2002-10-23 |
#4173 |
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Born in Missouri in 1884, according to his names, he was "Head of the House" & "A Faithful Man" |
Harry S. Truman
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PRESIDENTIAL ETYMOLOGY |
2002-10-16 |
#4168 |
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(Sofia is at Fort McHenry in Baltimore.) In 1948 he issued a proclamation that theflagfly over Fort McHMcHMcHMcHMcHMcHMcHMcHenryursdaysperpetualmbol our patriotism |
Truman
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$400 |
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HAIL TO THE CHIEF |
2002-09-09 |
#4141 |
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Doubt you'll see him in a "middle name's the same" category; played by Gary Sinese; gave 'em hell |
Truman
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$600 |
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NAME THAT PRESIDENT |
2002-06-17 |
#4111 |
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After being sworn in April 12, 1945 he said he felt as if "The moon, the stars, and all the planets" had fallen on him |
Truman
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HAIL TO THE CHIEF |
2002-04-29 |
#4076 |
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In 1945, at age 60, he became the oldest veep to succeed to the presidency upon the death of the president |
Harry Truman
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VICE PRESIDENTS |
2002-04-08 |
#4061 |
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In 1950 he threatened a music critic who had unkind words for daughter Margaret's singing |
Harry S. Truman
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U.S. PRESIDENTS |
2001-05-11 |
#3855 |
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Bess Wallace |
Harry Truman
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I MARRIED A PRESIDENT |
2001-01-24 |
#3778 |
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He was "Haberdasher Harry" |
Harry S. Truman
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PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES |
2000-11-20 |
#3731 |
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The only man with "man" in his last name to be U.S. president |
Harry S. Truman
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HAIL TO THE CHIEF |
2000-04-27 |
#3614 |
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On January 8, 1947, he told Congress that "America was not built on fear. America was built on courage" |
Harry S. Truman
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PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES |
2000-04-05 |
#3598 |
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Communist forces invaded South Korea during his second term |
Harry S. Truman
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U.S. PRESIDENTS |
2000-03-21 |
#3587 |
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FDR had 3 vice presidents, this Missourian being the last |
Harry S. Truman
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VICE PRESIDENTS |
1999-11-12 |
#3495 |
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He was the "Man from Missouri" & the "Man of Independence" |
Harry S. Truman
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$300 |
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PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES |
1999-04-05 |
#3366 |
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1945 |
Harry S. Truman
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VICE PRESIDENTS' TERMS OF SERVICE |
1999-02-08 |
#3326 |
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In 1890, at age 6, he and his family moved to Independence, MO., his home for most of the rest of his life |
Harry S. Truman
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$200 |
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U.S. PRESIDENTS |
1998-12-07 |
#3281 |
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The "Man From Missouri" |
Harry S. Truman
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$200 |
DJ |
PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES |
1998-11-05 |
#3259 |
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Independence, Missouri |
Harry S. Truman
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$100 |
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PRESIDENTIAL BURIAL PLACES |
1998-05-29 |
#3180 |
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Alben W. Barkley |
Harry Truman
DD
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$4,000 |
DJ |
HE'S MY VICE PRESIDENT! |
1998-05-12 |
#3167 |
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His library in Independence, Missouri opened to the public in 1957 |
Harry S. Truman
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$1,000 |
DJ |
U.S. PRESIDENTS |
1997-04-30 |
#2928 |
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This president's middle initial, "S", honored both of his grandfathers |
Harry S. Truman
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$200 |
DJ |
U.S. PRESIDENTS |
1996-11-28 |
#2819 |
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"Give 'Em Hell Harry" |
Truman
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$100 |
J |
PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES |
1996-10-09 |
#2783 |
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Thomas J. Pendergast, boss of Kansas City, launched the political career of this future president in 1922 |
Truman
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HAIL TO THE CHIEF |
1996-09-06 |
#2760 |
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From 1923 to 1925, this president attended the Kansas City Law School |
Harry S. Truman
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$600 |
DJ |
U.S. PRESIDENTS |
1996-02-28 |
#2653 |
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As an army captain, this future president commanded artillery in France during WWI |
Truman
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$800 |
DJ |
U.S. PRESIDENTS |
1995-11-27 |
#2586 |
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His first job was as a sweeper & mopper at a drugstore in Independence, Missouri |
Harry Truman
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PRESIDENTS |
1995-06-13 |
#2497 |
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In 1945 he told us, "Sixteen hours ago an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima" |
Truman
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PRESIDENTS & FIRST LADIES |
1995-02-22 |
#2418 |
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In 1984 hundreds of letters written to his wife over half a century were published in "Dear Bess" |
Harry Truman
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U.S. PRESIDENTS |
1995-01-19 |
#2394 |
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In 1953, in his last State of the Union address, he warned of the dangers of atomic war |
Truman
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$400 |
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U.S. PRESIDENTS |
1994-12-13 |
#2367 |
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In his will, he left a plot of land in Grandview, Missouri to his Masonic lodge |
Harry S. Truman
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$200 |
DJ |
U.S. PRESIDENTS |
1994-11-15 |
#2347 |
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Between terms as an administrative judge, he worked briefly for the Kansas City Automobile Club |
Truman
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$300 |
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U.S. PRESIDENTS |
1994-09-15 |
#2304 |
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He was the last man to serve as FDR's vice president |
Harry Truman
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$200 |
DJ |
VICE PRESIDENTS |
1994-07-19 |
#2292 |
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This president was actually born in Lamar, Missouri, not Independence |
Truman
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$200 |
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U.S. PRESIDENTS |
1994-03-18 |
#2205 |
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His nickname was "The Haberdasher" |
Harry Truman
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$400 |
DJ |
U.S. PRESIDENTS |
1993-10-29 |
#2105 |
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"Man of Independence" |
Truman
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$600 |
DJ |
PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES |
1993-09-21 |
#2077 |
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The office remained vacant for over 3 years after he moved to the presidency in 1945 |
Harry Truman
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$200 |
DJ |
VICE PRESIDENTS |
1993-09-13 |
#2071 |
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From 1922-24 & 1926-34, he served as a judge in Jackson County, Missouri |
Truman
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$300 |
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U.S. PRESIDENTS |
1993-05-17 |
#2016 |
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He was returning from Potsdam when he heard that the first A-bomb had been dropped on Japan |
Truman
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$400 |
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PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA |
1993-03-22 |
#1976 |
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He said in a 1948 speech, "I would rather have a lasting peace in the world than be president" |
Truman
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$300 |
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PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES |
1993-03-05 |
#1965 |
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This 20th C. president's father had a middle name, Anderson, while he only got an initial |
Harry Truman
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$400 |
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PRESIDENTS' FATHERS |
1992-12-01 |
#1897 |
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He was elected president in 1948 on a campaign theme attacking the "Do Nothing 80th Congress" |
Harry Truman
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PRESIDENTS |
1992-10-08 |
#1859 |
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In the 1840s, all 4 of this president's grandparents left Kentucky for what's now Kansas City, Mo. |
Truman
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$400 |
DJ |
U.S. PRESIDENTS |
1992-09-16 |
#1843 |
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Before his death in 1972, he remarked that he'd like his epitaph to be "he done his damndest" |
Harry S. Truman
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$400 |
DJ |
PRESIDENTS |
1992-03-23 |
#1751 |
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To date, he's the only elected U.S. president born in Missouri |
Truman
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$200 |
DJ |
U.S. PRESIDENTS |
1992-02-27 |
#1734 |
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After returning home to Missouri, he wrote "Year of Decisions" & "Years of Trial & Hope" |
Harry Truman
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$400 |
DJ |
PRESIDENTIAL BOOKS |
1991-12-13 |
#1680 |
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After his haberdashery failed in 1922, it took him 3 years to pay back creditors |
Truman
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$400 |
DJ |
BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT |
1991-10-10 |
#1634 |
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He called "The Missouri Waltz" "obnoxious as a state song" |
Harry Truman
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$200 |
DJ |
U.S. PRESIDENTS |
1991-09-23 |
#1621 |
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A sign on his desk read, "I'm from Missouri" on one side & "The buck stops here" on the other |
Truman
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$600 |
DJ |
PRESIDENTIAL WIT |
1991-09-05 |
#1609 |
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After Medicare was passed this retired Missourian was issue Medicare care No. 1 |
Harry Truman
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$400 |
DJ |
PRESIDENTS |
1991-05-30 |
#1569 |
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This president referred to his wife as "The Boss" & daughter Margaret as "The One Who Bosses the Boss" |
Harry Truman
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$400 |
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PRESIDENTS & FIRST LADIES |
1990-10-30 |
#1417 |
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Tho most books list his former occupation as haberdasher, he was one for only a couple of years after WWI |
Harry Truman
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$200 |
DJ |
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA |
1990-10-17 |
#1408 |
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He was the last president who was not a college graduate |
Harry Truman
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FJ |
U.S. PRESIDENTS |
1990-09-14 |
#1385 |
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He was born in 1884 in Missouri & died there in 1972 |
Truman
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$200 |
DJ |
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA |
1990-07-16 |
#1371 |
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Both the U.N. Charter & the NATO Pact were signed by this president |
Harry S. Truman
DD
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$1,100 |
DJ |
U.S. PRESIDENTS |
1990-05-17 |
#1329 |
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He was the first President to authorize the use of an atomic bomb in war |
Truman
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$200 |
DJ |
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA |
1990-02-12 |
#1261 |
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When his K.C. habadashery failed, he threw his hat into the political ring with help from Tom Pendergast |
Harry Truman
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$600 |
DJ |
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA |
1989-12-21 |
#1224 |
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He once said, "I have never given anybody hell. I just tell the truth... & they think it's hell" |
Harry S. Truman
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$100 |
J |
PRESIDENTS |
1989-11-13 |
#1196 |
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"The Fair Deal" |
Harry Truman
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$400 |
J |
PRESIDENTIAL SLOGANS |
1989-10-10 |
#1172 |
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President who hadthe followingcampaign song:[Instrumental music plays.] |
Harry Truman
DD
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$600 |
J |
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA |
1989-06-16 |
#1120 |
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On his 80th birthday, May 8, 1964, he became the 1st former president to address the Senate |
Harry Truman
DD
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$3,000 |
DJ |
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA |
1989-04-19 |
#1078 |
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He was last president to have a Secretary of War & 1st to have a Secretary of Defense |
Truman
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FJ |
PRESIDENTS |
1988-05-12 |
#864 |
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His administration created the National Security Council, which was in the news a lot in 1987 |
Harry Truman
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$400 |
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6-LETTER PRESIDENTS |
1988-02-05 |
#795 |
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His daughter Margaret says the "S" should be followed by a period, the way he wrote it |
Truman
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$200 |
DJ |
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA |
1987-12-30 |
#768 |
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May 8, 1884 - December 26, 1972 |
Harry Truman
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$400 |
J |
PRESIDENTIAL LIFESPANS |
1987-11-19 |
#739 |
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"Give 'Em Hell" |
Harry Truman
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$200 |
DJ |
PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES |
1987-09-24 |
#699 |
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"The Man from Missouri" |
Harry Truman
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$300 |
J |
PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES |
1987-06-11 |
#654 |
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"Every individual has a right to expect from his government a Fair Deal" |
Harry Truman
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$1,000 |
DJ |
PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES |
1987-01-15 |
#549 |
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"If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen" |
Harry Truman
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$400 |
DJ |
PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES |
1986-12-16 |
#527 |
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NATO was formed during his administration |
Truman
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$800 |
DJ |
PRESIDENTS |
1986-05-28 |
#448 |
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Though he could have run for re-election in 1952, he chose not to |
Harry Truman
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$100 |
J |
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA |
1986-01-29 |
#363 |
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His in-laws house on Delaware St. was this president's Missouri home |
Harry Truman
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$200 |
J |
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA |
1985-12-25 |
#338 |
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President who preferred Chopin's waltzes to this, his musical "trademark": |
Harry S. Truman
DD
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$500 |
J |
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA |
1985-09-09 |
#261 |