Presidency

__**Harry S. Truman Presidency**__

__**Truman Campaign:**__


 * Truman became president after the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt, less than three months after being elected as Vice President. He was constantly compared his predeccessor which made things difficult both with public opinion and with dealings with Congress. Truman campaigned for presidency, though due to the split within the Democratic Party, he was not expected to win. His firm stance on civil rights offended and infuriated the southern democrats who, in turn, supported the independent Wallace and the Republican Dewey. However Truman's hearty campaign and challenges towards congress to pass a heady stream of bills and resolutions and he was elected as president . **

__**Biography: **__


 * Truman grew up in small town Missouri. Truman did not attend college, instead he tried farming after graduating high school. He joined the Artillery unit of the Military in WWI. After which, he tried, and failed, at a career in business, so he decided to become a judge in Jacksonville and later became a Senator in 1934. He was a little known senator until he saved the government $11 billion with his Senate Special Committee to Investigate National Deb program. After, in 1943 he was pictured on the cover of Time Magazine and was voted the one of the most useful officiala in 1944. He was a good choice as vice president for Roosevelt, and together they gained 54% of the popular vote.

During his presidency, Truman made some major achievements in regards to foreign policy, however, he continued to struggle with Congress over his domestic policies. He attempted to carry out his Fair Deal programs, but was continually denied by congress.

Truman decided not to run again and retired to Independence, also where his Presidential librabry is. He spent most of his time at the library when his healrh allowed it. Though he was retired, Truman continued to be involved in American politics and spoke out against Eisenhower on numerous occasions. He got along rather well with Kennedy and Johnson, though never liked Nixon. Truman died nineteen years after retireing and was buried in the courtyard of his presidential library with a simple episcopalian service, rather than a grand state funeral. **

__** Executive Orders and Vetoes: **__
 * **Executive Order 9981: This order established equality within the Military. It prevented discrimination based on race, sex, religion, or national origin and it also set up the National Military Establishment Committee. **
 * **Executive Order 9835: This order established the Federal Employee Loyalty Program and loyalty review boards. This order created a system of investigatio amongst those employed in government as a matter of national security. **
 * **Truman's major was to the Taft-Hartley Act, however Congress overrode his veto. **

__**Supreme Court Appointments:**__
 * **Harold Hitz Burton - 1945 **
 * **Fred M. Vinson - Chief Justice - 1946 **
 * **Tom Campbell Clark - 1949 **
 * **Sherman Minton - 1949 **

__**Highlights/Criticisms: **__
 * Throughout the beginning of his presidency, Truman was constantly trying to come out of Roosevelt's shadow. He had great success when it came to foreign relations, however he and Congress had frequent disagreements when it cam to domestic challenges. The Republican "do-nothing" Congress(es) greatly frustrated Truman and prevented him from making many of the changes that were a part of his Fair Deal. **

**__Foreign Relations:__**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Truman's great successes as president fall in the foreign relations category. It was during his presidency that the war in Europe ended, the United Nations (UN) was created, and due to the atomic bomb, he brought America out of World War II (WWII) as the world's leading power (Moser 140). Truman had a good foreign working relationship with congress, especially when it cam to his "Truman Doctrine" in 1947. He won over Congress and was granted $400 million to "help resist the spread of Communism in Greece and Turkey" (Moser 142). Congress also voted on the European Recovery Program, a.k.a the Marshall Plan to help Europe recover after two devasting wars in relatively close succession. **

__**<span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Characteristics: **__
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">One of the major downfalls of the Truman presidency was his inability to form a successful working relationship with Congress. Truman was able to win Congress over, most of the time, when it came to dealing with Foreign relations, however when it came to domestic policies, he and Congress rarely agreed. He wanted to expand the New Deal and Fair Deal, however the Republican Congress disagreed and blocked his attempts.

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