Harry Truman

Harry S Truman was a Senator from Missouri who was elected Vice President of the United States in 1944 on the Democratic ticket with Tom Dewey.

Truman had served as artillery sergeant during the Great War. Although the product of a corrupt political machine, Truman was viewed as a straightforward and honest man. A thorough hawk on foreign policy, Truman, as vice president-elect, travelled to the restive state of Florida to encourage U.S. troops to continue their occupation, supporting newly-elected President Dewey's goal of reintegrating the former Confederate States into the Union.

During a brief exchange with Michael Pound, Truman admitted that if Dewey's policy failed, then some future VP would be explaining to Pound's grandchildren how important it was to keep a lid on the CS. When Pound suggested that the problem of rebellious Confederates might by solved by genocidal measure, Truman briskly dissmised the idea, refusing to become a Jake Featherston.

 (Harry Truman on the stump during the 1944 election)