President Truman was not a Boy Scout as a boy. He did serve as the Honorary President of the Boy Scouts of America from 1945-1953 and was a very strong supporter of the Boy Scouts of America
William Howard Taft was the first Honorary President of the Boy Scouts of America in 1911. John F. Kennedy was the first president who had been a Scout as a youth.
Harry Truman.
John F. Kennedy was the first president who had been a Boy Scout. He was a member of Troop 2 in Bronxville, New York from 1929 to 1931.
No. JFK was the first president to have been a boy scout as a youth. Gerald Ford is the only US president who had been an Eagle Scout.
As of May 2013, the President of the Boy Scouts of America is Wayne M. Perry.
Eisenhower was born in 1890, and the Boy Scouts did not come to the United States until 1910. Eisenhower's son John was a Boy Scout. John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the first scout to become U.S. President.
Harry S Truman
William Howard Taft was the first President of the Boy Scouts of America in 1911. John F. Kennedy was the first president who had been a Boy Scout. He was a member of Troop 2 in Bronxville, New York from 1929 to 1931.
U.S. president? That was Truman.
President Truman was a President of the United States.
Harry S. Truman
General MacArthur was a bad boy and ignored President Truman's orders. So Truman gave MacArthur the choice to either resign or be fired.