While Christian evangelist Billy Graham has met with many former presidents, the first president he met was Harry Truman. While Eisenhower and Johnson considered Graham one of their closest friends, Truman was far from impressed. Truman would later say “He claims he’s a friend of all the Presidents, but he was never a friend of…
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(Not So) Fun Fact: Harry Truman’s Wealth After Presidency
While most U.S. President have more wealth before and after their presidency than most normal people, that was not the case for Harry S. Truman. After his terms were over, he only had a meager army pension, so he had to move in with his mother-in-law.
Fun Fact: Last President Who Didn’t Go To College
While many of the earliest presidents lacked an advanced formal education, Harry Truman was the last U.S. President who never had a single college degree.
Fun Fact: First Bowling President
The first bowling alley in the White House opened in 1947. The first president to be able to use the bowling lane was Harry Truman.