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Harriman was born in New York City, son of Edward Henry Harriman and Mary Williamson Averell. He first married Kitty Lanier Lawrence , she died in 1936 and he married again to Pamela Beryl Digby. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Soviet Union between 1943 and 1946 and the Ambassador to Great Britain in 1946. He was later appointed the U.S. Secretary of Commerce under President Harry Truman to replace Henry A. WallaceHenry Agard Wallace ( October 7, 1888 November 18, 1965) was the 33rd Vice President of the United States. Early Life Wallace was born on a farm near Orient, Adair County, Iowa, and graduated from Iowa State College at Ames in 1910. He served on the edito, a critic of Truman's foreign policies. Harriman served between 1946 and 19481948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 1 Nationalisation of UK railways to form British Railways. Arab militants lay siege to the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. First day of the Ital. He was sent to Tehran in July 1951 to mediate between Persia and Great Britain in the wake of the Persian nationalization of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company(http://www.bibliothecapersica.com/articles/v12f1/v12f1011.html).

He was a Democratlogo depicts a stylized donkey in red, white, and blue. The Democratic Party is one of the two major United States political parties. The Party is currently the minority in both the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives, as w, and served as the Governor of New York until Nelson RockefellerNelson Rockefeller Order 41st Vice President Term of Office December 19, 1974 January 20, 1977 Followed Gerald Ford Succeeded by Walter Mondale Date of Birth July 8, 1908 Place of Birth Bar Harbor, Maine Wife Margaretta "Happy" Rockefeller Profession Gove, who was a Republican, defeated him in 1958. He was a candidate for the Democratic Presidential Nomination in 1952 and 1956, was endorsed by Harry S. Truman in 1956, but lost the fight to Adlai Stevenson. Harriman was initiated into the Skull and Bones Society, along with his friend Prescott Bush. He also served as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.