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Wickard, Claude R. (Claude Raymond), 1893-1967

Vice President Harry S. Truman is Sworn in as President

Vice President Harry S. Truman (center left) is being sworn in as President of the United States. With him, from left to right, are Secretary of Labor Francis Perkins, Secretary of War Henry Stimson, Secretary of Commerce Henry Wallace, War Production Board Administrator Julius Krug, Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard, Department Chairman of the War Manpower Commission Francis McNamee, Attorney General Francis Biddle, Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Secretary of State Edward Stettinius (mostly obscured by Truman), Harry S.

Secretary and Administrators of the Department of Agriculture

First row: Louis B. Howard, Percy N. Annand, Hazel K. Stiebeling, Robert W. Trullinger, Earl J. Smith, Ralph R. Shaw, Bennett T. Simms, Ollie E. Reed, Arthur B. Thatcher, Joseph M. Mehl, Charles A. Logan, and Gus F. Geissler. Second row: Dennis A. Fitzgerald, Oris V. Wells, Claude R. Wickard, W. Carroll Hunter, Ivy W. Duggan. William V. Lambert, Hugh H. Bennett, Ralph S. Trigg, Lyle F. Watts, Milburn L. Wilson, Dillard B. Lasseter, Emanuel A. Meyer and Keith Himebaugh. Third row: T. Roy Reid, Joseph L. Orr, Jesse B. Gilmer, Nathan Koenig, Norris E. Dodd, Clinton P. Anderson, Charles F.

Vice-President Harry S. Truman Preparing to Take Oath of Office

Vice-President Harry S. Truman is taking the oath of office, at 7:09 p.m., after the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Bess and Margaret Truman are standing to the right of Mr. Truman. Immediately behind Mr. Truman are (from left to right): Press Secretary Jonathan Daniels, Admiral William Leahy, Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard, unidentified man (mostly obscured), receptionist William Simmons, and Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn. All others are unidentified.