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He was 38 when he first entered politics

• badpun 4y ago
  According to Olivier Stone's documentary, Truman was nominated to be the Democratic party's president to "prove a point that a party is such a well-oiled machine that it can push through even a complete nobody". So, in other words, he was incredibly lucky.
  • tamaharbor 4y ago
    If you consider a nobody to be a Judge, Senator, and Vice President.
    • badpun 4y ago
      Sorry, I messed up the story in my original post. It was about the vice-president nomination.
      • orangeplus 4y ago
        Truman had made a big name for himself in the Senate fighting war profiteering, he was in the news a lot by then