3 Truman nominated

Sun, 19 Mar 2023 18:02:53 -0500

The Democratic Party fought over the vice-president nomination in 1944 and Truman was the only person to whom nobody objected. They called him, "The other Missouri Compromise." He knew Roosevelt would soon die but was content with his current position and did not feel ready to take over. Biographers say, when he heard Roosevelt privately tell Democratic leaders that Truman had to run or the Party would split, his reaction was, "Oh, shit." This (above) was his expression upon hearing his name placed into nomination as vice-president. He served as VP for 82 days, during which he met privately with FDR twice, who shared nothing of important government matters, such as the atom bomb.