Harry TrumanJoin now to read essay Harry TrumanIn 1884 Harry Truman was born.His first name would be Harry after his Uncle Harrison. Harry S Truman would finally be. Harry Truman liked to say in later years that he had the happiest childhood imaginable . Most of his childhood included his grandfather taking him riding side in a horse drawn cart, and hunting for bird nests while gathering wild strawberries. While in school kids made fun of his glasses as most kids do. These occurrences probably didn’t have a lot to do with him becoming president but it is important to see that he had a normal life as a child. His family wasn’t rich, he didn’t receive the best schooling, but he had love from his family and siblings and that might have been a important factor. As a boy the first and most memorable political event for young Harry was the day of Grover Cleveland’s second victory, in 1892. As Truman grew older his father john decided that it was about time Harry started to concentrate on his studies. He grew dutifully, conspicuously studious, spending long afternoons in the town library watched over by a white plaster bust of Ben Franklin…. The library contained two thousand volumes, Harry and his friend Charlie Ross vowed to read all of them . The influence of his teachers on his life, Harry later said was second only to that of his mother . Unlike Harry Vivian Harry’s brother was a strong ox of a boy with a good sense of selling cattle, and therefore John Truman made him a partner. Where Harry and his father did find common ground was in the sociability and excitement of politics. Some of the happiest of Harry’s memories was when he and his father attended the big democratic picnics. Harry’ s life was well on its way to college until tragedy struck. John Truman’s run of luck on wheat futures had ended, and began to loose heavily that same summer of 1901. To recover his losses he kept risking more money until they had lost 40,000 dollars in cash, stocks, and personal property. At age 51 John Truman was wiped out. And so weren’t Harry’s chances of going to college. The Truman’s never gave up though, Harry realized that he wouldn’t go to college at this time so he went to work. He did everything from a mail clerk to a bank vault clerk. Until 1905 when he joined the National Guard. This was Truman’s break he had always wanted to join the military and he was moving quickly in the ranks. Soon he was named corporal, “ the biggest promotion I had ever received”. While in the National Guard He learned to be a leader and allocate responsibility. After his stint in the National guard he went back to work on the farm where he met an intriguing young women that shared many of Harry’s interests. After countless love letters and many trips to the theatre Bess finally said yes. They were engaged in 1913. The year is now 1917 and the Wilson had asked congress to declare war. It was a decision that would affect Harry Truman’s life forever. He had been out of the National Guard for 6 years now and his eyesight was anything but keen, but he still believed that it was “ a job somebody had to do. Harry was stepping onto a battlefield with the machine gun, automatic rifles, tanks, poison gas and flame-throwers. He had little trouble rejoining the National Guard and went immediately to work organizing a new artillery battery. He expected to be made a sergeant, instead he was elected first lieutenant. He was never elected anything until now. Later he was sent over sees and wrote to bess, his mother and sister religiously. He quieted their fears and told them he was happy wherever he was. He soon made captain and was becoming quite proud of his work with the soldiers. In the time allotted, captain Truman had transformed what had been generally considered the worst battery in the regiment to what was clearly one of the best . When he returned home from the war he and Bess finally got married and the first chapter of his great adventure was over. On the trip home from France Harry wrote to bess… Well be married anywhere you say at any time you mention….and if you want only one person or the whole town I don’t care as long as you make it quickly after my arrival .
After the war and the marriage Harry went into business with Eddie Jacobson. They set up a men’s clothing shop that would fail miserably. Harry blamed the republicans in Washington. During the war Harry made many acquaintances one of them was a young man named Jimmy Pendegast. Jim Pendergast was a part of the huge Pendergast political machine. The family offered Harry a run at his first political job. The job was a judges position in Jackson county. Harry accepted without hesitation. Truman won the office convincingly. The victory was overshadowed by the influence of the Ku Klux Clan. The group was growing and it was in the best interests if Harry join. At first Truman accepted the advice and gave the membership fee of ten dollars. In a meeting with the
h.s office the group agreed to accept the salary. The next year they met at a meeting of the Southern House of Representatives. Truman did not accept it. Truman was furious. A political party was not acceptable in a democratic land. Harry refused to accept it. Truman was a bitter man. He never forgave. Truman made friends with the Ku Klux Clan. Harry went to Washington with them while he was stationed in Cuba and on a mission to Hawaii. The group met at a White House meeting. Truman agreed to a deal but Harry had warned that if the president did not stop trying and change the war his followers would be killed. The President sent a letter to the President. The letter said that if Harry’s party won the first term of the presidency he would kill everyone in Washington. Harry did not receive the message. Harry was never heard from again. Truman was bitter and angry the next year’s war. He decided to bring an army to Washington. As a child he went to war with a group called the Black Panthers. Harry was part of a Black Panther group that was fighting for the secession of the South. Harry tried to stop them but failed. On the night of the assassination of President Woodrow Wilson the Black Panthers attacked Truman’s place of work in Mexico Springs, where the South Carolina congressman lived. Harry ran into one of the Black Panthers he had heard of while he was working in Utah. Truman’s gun went off. He ran away. Harry ran into another Black Panther who held a handgun. Harry fought the Black Panther and lost and Truman found himself in jail and tried to escape and escape justice. Harry went through the courts. The lawyer who did Harry’s business and had the name of his client was found guilty. He was sentenced to twenty years in prison and the sentence was reduced to six years. By 1937 the Black Panthers were still fighting for the overthrow of the United States government and Harry met a great man who promised to defend the South. The young man was James D. Truman, President of the United States. Truman did not win the Presidency. Truman ran for the Presidential election over the Democratic nominee for president in the primary (Donald M. Nixon). The campaign season ended. Harry went with Truman. On the last day of Truman’s campaign he attended a special event in the Roosevelt Room in New York City. Harry was there attending to his business and he was met by Senator Richard M. Durbin (D-Ill.). Truman got to know Senator Durbin and told him there was not enough money to win the election as Truman was running for term. Truman thought that Harry was a good person and when he met him he was stunned to see his old man and his grandfather in front of him. He decided to give Harry a call. In September of 1938 Truman came home from a military tour in France to make a promise to the families that was to be fulfilled the very next year. In December he attended a private dinner while he was on tour and he was