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was born in Lamar, Missouri on May 8, 1884. He grew up in the near by town Independence, Missouri, not to far from Kansas City. After his High School graduation, he worked at many different types of jobs, but finally he took over the family farm and had steady ....

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.... when he was appointed chairmen of a special Senate committee that was in charge of investigating the inefficiency and corruption in World War 2 military spending programs. He did his job in that committee so well, he was then thought of very highly throughout the Democratic Party. So much, that he replaced Henry A. Wallace for vice-president in the 1944 presidential election. His running mate, Franklin Roosevelt was running for his fourth term as president. They won that election and was now the Vice President of the United States, for 82 days. On April 12, 1945, President Roosevelt died in office, making the President of the United States ....