[MarkL]

The exact reasons for picking Truman are also unknown. Leftists, including Eleanor Roosevelt, were furious at FDR, but the bosses ruled the convention in those days.

Though Truman had a (well deserved) reputation for honesty and integrity, when he was elected to the US senate, he was known within that body as "The Senator from Pendergast," a very powerful political boss.

Mark

[painter]

"The Senator from Pendergast," a very powerful political boss.

Not many people here would know who he was.I'm in my 50's here in Missouri and a history buff.

He was also a ganster similar to Capone who made most of his money selling bootleg whiskey during prohibition. I new an old guy who had two bootleg joints and he got his whiskey from him.

[iowamark]

Though Truman had a (well deserved) reputation for honesty and integrity

I hope that you are joking!

The Truman administration was perhaps the most corrupt in US history. He was well aware of this and devoted constant effort to derailing reformers like Estes Kefauver.