Was Harry Truman a truly honest president? He may have been the most honest. He flatly refused to use his office for gain. When he left office he was busted . Once Truman left the White House, his only income was his old army pension$112.56 per month( original to$ 1,089 in 2020). Congress felt so bad they passed a Presidential pension act in 1958 to give him support. The only other living former President was Hoover who did not need the pension but took it so as not to embarrass Truman.

He opened a haberdashery store that went void in 1921. Truman continued to pay the debts until 1935 when they were each paid off.

But I have seen no validation of lawless dealings by Truman while in office or to gain an office.

Truman set up a profitable book deal for his lives. The notation was a struggle for Truman and he went through a dozen collaborators during the design, not all of whom served him well, but he remained heavily involved in the end result. For the book Truman entered a one time payment of$ 670,000. The book was a marketable and critical success. They were published in two volumes lives by Harry S. Truman Year of opinions( 1955) and lives by Harry S. Truman Times of Trial and Hope( 1956).

Bess Truman’s particular papers were made public in 2009. They show that Truman presumably had a net worth of$ 7500 when named as vice presidential candidate. By the end of his administration, still, he estimated his own wealth at$ 650,000. It should keep yoret comfortably. ” In other words, all of his net worth was from the amount he entered for his book.