Less than 3 months in office, Franklin had died April 12, 1945 of cerebral hermorrhage. Truman confronted enormous challenges in both foreign and domestic affairs, being not many people beilieved Truman had what it took to become president during the election in 1984. Three great national polling organizations all predicted that Govorner Thomas E. Dewey of New York, his Republican opponent, would win by a wide margin.
With the thought of the fact he had a low chance of winning, Truman had gone to sleep the night before the election clueless of what