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Harry S. Truman

Early Life and Family

What did his father do for a living?

Harry S. Truman was born in Lamar, Missouri, to John and Martha Truman on May 8, 1884. He is the only president in U.S. history to have been born in Missouri.

John Truman worked as a farmer and cattle salesman.



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