33rd President: Harry S. Truman

"The Buck Stops Here"

Here is an example of a president who had extremely low approval ratings when he left office(Gallup Poll in 1952 showed 22%), but then became very well respected in his retirement and eventual passing (he died around the time of the Vietnam War and Watergate, so people looked back at his presidency with greater respect).

His associates said he worked very hard, and I believe it. He had to lead the country through the finishing of WWII (including the releasing of the atomic bombs that led to the end of the war), the Nuremberg Trials, a continuation of the New Deal, the Korean War, and the Red Scare with the start of the Cold War.

I am grateful for Harry S. Truman.