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The Fair Deal was a set of proposals put forward by U.S. President Harry S. Truman to Congress in 1945 and in his January 1949 State of the Union Address. More generally, the term characterizes the entire domestic agenda of the Truman administration , from 1945 to 1953.
The 1949 State of the Union Address was given by Harry S. Truman, the 33rd president of the United States, on Wednesday, January 5, 1949, to the 81st United States Congress in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives. [1] It was Truman's fourth State of the Union Address.
The convention was called to order by the permanent chairman, Senator Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky. [2] With delegates demoralized by Republican wins in 1946 that had given them control of Congress, and what appeared to be Truman's slim chance for reelection in his own right, on July 13 Barkley gave the keynote speech, as he had in 1932 and 1936. [2]
For four generations of the Miller family, showing dairy cattle in the Kentucky State Fair is a tradition rooted in hard work and responsibility. How one family keeps tradition alive for 4 ...
The Oak Ridge Boys took their final bow Sunday, in front of a large crowd at the Kentucky State Fair. Every August, for the past 50 years, the band had a standing engagement at the fair. "We love ...
At the Kentucky Farm Bureau breakfast, an award-winning ham is auctioned of with the proceeds going to a charity of the winner's choice. Every year, there's a Ham Breakfast at the Kentucky State Fair.
Truman's triumph astonished the nation and most of the pollsters. On its cover Newsweek called Truman's victory startling, astonishing and "a major miracle". [183] Truman became the first candidate to lose in a Gallup Poll but win the election. [184] His close friend Jerome Walsh recalls Truman on the election night:
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