how was his career before he became vice president?
He worked as a timekeeper, as a clerk, and in the army.
Harry S. Truman
Truman made use of his business college experience to obtain a job as a timekeeper on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, sleeping in hobo camps near the rail lines. He then took on a series of clerical jobs, and was employed briefly in the mail room of "The Kansas City Star". Truman and his brother Vivian later worked as clerks at the National Bank of Commerce in Kansas City.

He returned to the Grandview farm in 1906, where he lived until entering the army in 1917. During this period, he courted Bess Wallace. He proposed in 1911, but she turned him down. Truman later said he intended to propose again, but he wanted to have a better income than that earned by a farmer. To that end, during his years on the farm and immediately after World War I, he became active in several business ventures, including a lead and zinc mine near Commerce, Oklahoma, a company that bought land and leased the oil drilling rights to prospectors, and speculation in Kansas City real estate. Truman occasio
who was the president for most of the 1950s Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower  served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. who is harry s. truman? 33rd president of the United States from 1945 to 1953 where was he born? Lamar, Missouri which was did he take part in? World War I - he rejoined Battery B, successfully recruiting new soldiers for the expanding unit, for which he was elected as their first lieutenant.
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Harry S. Truman [SEP] Working career
Truman made use of his business college experience to obtain a job as a timekeeper on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, sleeping in hobo camps near the rail lines. He then took on a series of clerical jobs, and was employed briefly in the mail room of "The Kansas City Star". Truman and his brother Vivian later worked as clerks at the National Bank of Commerce in Kansas City. He returned to the Grandview farm in 1906, where he lived until entering the army in 1917. During this period, he courted Bess Wallace. He proposed in 1911, but she turned him down.