Harry Truman, through the National Security Act of 1947, made the vice president an ex officio member of the National Security Council. It was not until the 1950s, under President Dwight D.

The Vice President of the United States stands a ... It was the first election where some women had the right to vote. Harry S. Truman replaced Henry Wallace on the Democratic ticket for FDR ...

Alben Barkley, who served as Harry Truman’s vice president, is the one who coined the term "Veep." He found "Mr. Vice President" too formal and got the idea to add the two “e’s” from his ...

was unconscionably defended by Harry Truman and Dean Acheson. The Democratic attack on Richard Nixon is not aimed primarily at the Vice President, although knocking him out politically would be a ...

Barkley, left, takes the oath of office as vice president at 12:23 p.m. on Jan. 20, 1949, in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Harry S Truman, right, takes the oath of office as ...

Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. President Harry S. Truman holds up the Chicago Daily Tribune’s famously erroneous headline on Nov. 3, 1948, at St. Louis ...

After succeeding Franklin Roosevelt in 1945, Harry S. Truman won the presidency in his own right in 1948, defeating Republican Thomas Dewey and achieving one of the most stunning political comebacks ...