His middle name: His grandfathers, Anderson Shipp Truman and Solomon Young, could not agree on what Harry's middle name should be, and so Harry was given only a middle initial of "S", which stood for Solomon or Shipp, depending on which side of the family one asked.

-born on May 8, 1884 in Lamar, Missouri
-grew up as a farmer boy
-served in WWI as a soldier - first lieutenant later captain
-studied law in Kansas City, Mo --> judge of the Jackson County Court, then presiding judge
-elected as a Democrat to the united States Senate in 1934; reelected in 1940
-chairman of "Truman committee"
-Vice president under Franklin Roosevelt in 1944
-after Roosevelt died in April 1945 he became president; he was then elected as president from 1948-53
-wrote his memoirs and opened the Truman Library
-died in Kansas City on December 26, 1972