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Vice President Harry S. Truman Being Sworn in as President, After the Death of President Roosevelt

95-405
Accession Number
95-405
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 348292250
Keywords
Cabinet officers
First ladies
Oaths
Presidents
HST Keywords
Truman - Oaths - President - 1945; Perkins, Sec. of Labor Frances; Stimson, Sec. of War Henry L.; Wallace, Sec. of Commerce Henry A.; Forrestal, Sec. of Navy James A.;Wickard, Sec. of Agriculture Claude; Biddle, Attorney Gen. Francis X.; Morgenthau, Jr., Sec. of Treasury Henry; Ickes, Sec. of Interior Harold; Truman - Dignitaries - Representatives - Rayburn, Sam - Martin, Joseph W.; Rayburn, Speaker of the House Sam;Martin, House Minority Leader Joseph W.;Truman - Dignitaries - Judicial - Stone, Harlan; Stone, Chief Justice Harlan; Vinson Fred;Truman - Family - Wife - Daughter; Truman - Family - Wife - Daughter; Truman, Bess - Family - HST - MT - 1945; Truman, Margaret - Family - HST& Bess
People Pictured
Biddle, Francis B. (Francis Beverley), 1886-1968
Forrestal, James, 1892-1949
Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952
Martin, Joseph W. (Joseph William), 1884-1968
Morgenthau, Henry, 1891-1967
Perkins, Frances, 1882-1965
Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
Stimson, Henry L. (Henry Lewis), 1867-1950
Stone, Harlan Fiske, 1872-1946
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Wallace, Henry A. (Henry Agard), 1888-1965
Wickard, Claude R. (Claude Raymond), 1893-1967
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Description
Vice President Harry S. Truman being sworn in as President, after President Franklin D. Roosevelt died. Left to right: Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins; Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson; Secretary of Commerce Henry A. Wallace; Secretary of the Navy James A. Forrestal; Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard; Attorney General Francis X. Biddle; Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr.; and Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes. In foreground, Harry S. Truman takes the oath of office with Bess Truman in center and Justice Harlan Stone at right.
Date(s)
April 12, 1945