Vice-president Harry S. Truman became President on April 12, 1945, due to the death of President Franklin Roosevelt.
Harry Truman was the 2nd President to lead the US in World War II. He was in office from 1945 to 1953. For most of the war, and for many years before, the President was Franklin D. Roosevelt (served 1933 to 1945). But FDR died in April, 1945, 4 months before the end of the war. Truman, who had just become Vice President in January, became President.
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT (Served as the 32nd President from 1933 to 1945)
Henry A. Wallace was the vice President from 1941-1945 under President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945)Henry A. Wallace was the Vice President from 1941-1945 under President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945)
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The 33th President of the United States was Harry S. Truman. President Truman was in office from April 12, 1945 to January 20, 1953.
He became president in 1945.
April 12, 1945 was the date that Roosevelt died and Harry Truman became President .He took office in April 1945, after FDR died.
He was Vice President when FDR died and became president.
The 33rd President of the United States was Harry S. Truman from April 12, 1945 to January 20, 1953
When President Franklin D. Roosevelt died in 1945, his Vice-President, Harry S Truman became President.
There was no US election in 1945. The election was in 1944, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt won an unprecedented fourth term. Unfortunately, he did not live to complete it, and his sudden death in 1945 meant his vice president, Harry S. Truman, became the president.
On April 12, 1945, he became America's 33rd President.
President Theodore Roosevelt ho died in 1945. Vice Present Harry Truman then became president until the end of WW2 in 1945
From the time Truman became president on April 12, 1945, there was no Vice President until January 20, 1949.
At the beginning of 1945, it was Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was serving his fourth term as president (which had never happened in US history). But Mr. Roosevelt was seriously ill, and in April of 1945, he died suddenly. His vice president, Harry S. Truman became president at that time.
At the beginning of 1945, it was Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was serving his fourth term as president (which had never happened in US history). But Mr. Roosevelt was seriously ill, and in April of 1945, he died suddenly. His vice president, Harry S. Truman became president at that time.
Harry Truman, the VP, became president when President Roosevelt died in 1945.