• Harry S Truman National Historic Site

    Harry S Truman

    National Historic Site Missouri

Truman Farm Home Photo Tour Gallery


Did You Know?

Jackson County Judge Truman with his fellow judges and clerks. Credit: Truman Library.

Harry Truman was elected eastern district judge of the Jackson County Court (an administrative body) on 7 November 1922.  The “judges” were actually county commissioners and were not required to have law degrees.