President Truman smiles and lifts his hand to quiet applause just before speaking at the Mayflower Hotel Section of the Jefferson Jackson Victory Dinner. With him is Wilson Wyatt (left), Dinner Committee Chairman.Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd President of the United States (1945–1953). As President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third vice president and the 34th Vice President of the United States (1945), he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when President Roosevelt died less than three months after beginning his unprecedented fourth term.
