In fact, the 33rd president helped found a Masonic Lodge there in 1911 and ... while still a US senator. In "Harry S. Truman: His Life and Times," Brian Burnes quotes Truman as writing ...

Some seek the office with an insatiable hunger for power while others, like Harry S. Truman ... the true nature of the office. Truman, the 33rd president, assumed office at one of the most ...