A product of the Pendergast political machine, this man chaired a namesake committee that investigated waste in arms manufacturing during WWII.
This man's first senatorial reelection bid was challenged by by Manvel Davis. A product of the Pendergast political machine, this man chaired a namesake committee that investigated waste in arms manufacturing during WWII. He called the legislature at the time of his presidency the "Do Nothing Congress", despite Congress passing the Taft-Hartley Act over his veto. As president, he established the containment policy through his namesake doctrine, recognized Israel and desegregated the military. For 10 points, name this president who was, along with Thomas Dewey, the subject of an erroneous Chicago Tribune headline.
This man's first senatorial reelection bid was challenged by by Manvel Davis.
Harry S. Truman