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When did President Harry Truman complete his second term?

He left office on 20 January 1953.


When did President Truman complete his second term?

He did not serve two terms he completed FDR's fourth term in office and only served one term of his own Presidency.


Was Harry Truman the second shortest president?

Harry Truman is not the second shortest president. The second shortest president is Martin Van Buren who was 5 feet and 6 inches. Harry Truman is the 12th shortest president, at 5 feet and 9 inches.


During war time if the president died who would take over?

The order of succession of the US Presidency remains unchanged regardless of peace or war. When President Franklin D. Roosevelt died in office prior to the end of hte Second World War, then Vice President Harry S. Truman was sworn into office as the President.


What did Congress pass after Truman won the 1948 election?

Congress passed, and the Statesratified, the Twenty-second Amendment to the Constitution in 1951, formally limiting future US Presidents to two terms of office. Truman was a major proponent of the Amendment.Amendment XXII, Section 1"No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term."


Could Truman have run for President a second term?

Yes. The 22nd amendment was proposed and ratified while Truman was president and he was explicitly exempted from its application. He could have run a second time and for an many terms as he could get elected. The amendment applied to all presidents after Truman, however.


Who became the president in 1949?

Harry Truman began his second term that year.


Did Harry Truman have more than 2 terms?

No. Harry Truman became President in 1945 when Franklin D. Roosevelt died in office. He served the remainder of FDR's fourth term and was then elected to his own second term in 1948. He served until 1953.


What was the second us president to die while in office?

Zachary Taylor was the second to die in office.


How did Harry S. Truman campaign?

He was Franklin D. Roosevelt's vice-president. When FDR died Harry Truman became the president


Second president to die in the office?

Taylor


Who was the second vice president to take office?

Thomas Jefferson was the second person to hold the office of Vice-President of the United States. He held that office during the Presidency of John Adams, then became the third President of the United States.