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Question

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How many of you, especially from the USA knows what the middle name of Harry S Truman is?
So what I am asking is what does the S stand for in his name?

Please no stupid answers.

Answer 1

Truman had no middle name so his parents apparently gave him the middle initial S. to appease two family relatives whose names started with that letter.

Answer 2

the S don't mean anything
read below


In recent years the question of whether to use a period after the "S" in Harry S. Truman's name has become a subject of controversy, especially among editors. The evidence provided by Mr. Truman's own practice argues strongly for the use of the period. While, as many people do, Mr. Truman often ran the letters in his signature together in a single stroke, the archives of the Harry S. Truman Library has numerous examples of the signature written at various times throughout Mr. Truman's lifetime where his use of a period after the "S" is very obvious.

Mr. Truman apparently initiated the "period" controversy in 1962 when, perhaps in jest, he told newspapermen that the period should be omitted. In explanation he said that the "S" did not stand for any name but was a compromise between the names of his grandfathers, Anderson Shipp Truman and Solomon Young. He was later heard to say that the use of the period dated after 1962 as well as before.

Answer 3

Nothing. It stood for nothing. It was just a letter

Truman did not have a middle name, but only a middle initial. It was a common practice in southern states, including Missouri, to use initials rather than names. Truman said the initial was a compromise between the names of his grandfathers, Anderson Shipp(e) Truman and Solomon Young. He once joked that the S was a name, not an initial, and it should not have a period, but official documents and his presidential library all use a period. Furthermore, the Harry S. Truman Library has numerous examples of the signature written at various times throughout Truman's lifetime where his own use of a period after the "S" is conspicuous.

Answer 4

The S didn't stand for anything - he just took it because he thought he should have a middle initial and S sounded good. Why his parents never gave him a middle name is anybody's guess.

Answer 5

His middle name was "S".

Here's an additional quiz question.
Does anyone know how he could have held the position of Jackson County Judge when he had never been to law school (or even gotten a college degree of any kind)?

Answer 6

He didn't have a middle name. He took the S because it was a common practice in states like Missouri (where he was from) to use your middle initial in signatures and names.

Answer 7

The S stands for just that S. No name, just the S.

Answer 8

His middle name was S.

Answer 9

The S means nothing. He did not have a middle name. Or was that Ulysses S. Grant. Okay, you got me. I can't remember.

Answer 10

Seymour