President Harry S. Truman Research Article from Complete American Presidents Sourcebook

David McCullough
This Study Guide consists of approximately 37 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of President Harry S. Truman.
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President Harry S. Truman Research Article from Complete American Presidents Sourcebook

David McCullough
This Study Guide consists of approximately 37 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of President Harry S. Truman.
This section contains 171 words
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Administration Dates
April 12, 1945-January 20, 1949
January 20, 1949-January 20, 1953

Vice President
None (1945-49)
Alben W. Barkley (1949-53)

Cabinet

Secretary of State
Edward R. Stettinius Jr. (1945)
James F. Byrnes (1945-47)
George C. Marshall (1947-49)
Dean G. Acheson (1949-53)



Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau Jr. (1945)
Frederick M. Vinson (1945-46)
John W. Snyder (1946-53)


Secretary of War
Henry L. Stimson (1945)
Robert P. Patterson (1945-47)
Kenneth C. Royall (1947)


Attorney General
Francis B. Biddle (1945)
Thomas C. Clark (1945-49)
James H. McGrath (1949-52)
James P. McGranery (1952-53)



Secretary of Defense
James V. Forrestal (1947-49)
Louis A. Johnson (1949-50)
George C. Marshall (1950-51)
Robert A. Lovett (1951-53)



Secretary of the Navy
James V. Forrestal (1945-47)

Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes (1945-46)
Julius A. Krug (1946-49)
Oscar L. Chapman (1949-53)


Secretary of Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard (1945)
Clinton P. Anderson (1945-48)
Charles F. Brannan (1948-53)


Secretary of Commerce
Henry A. Wallace...

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