Senator and Vice-Presidential candidate Harry S. Truman (fourth from the right) attending a breakfast at the Connor Hotel in Joplin, MO, with supporters from Washington, DC. Senator Tom Connally is seated to the left of Truman, and Senator Carl Hatch is to the right. The picture was taken the morning after Truman made his acceptance speech for the Democratic Vice-Presidential nomination in Lamar, Missouri. Donor: Thomas Korn, Joplin, Missouri.
Senator and Vice-Presidential candidate Harry S.
President Harry S. Truman takes the oath of office after President Franklin D. Roosevelt's death in the Cabinet Room, Executive Offices, at the White House. Left to right: Francis Biddle, Attorney General; Henry Morgenthau, Secretary of the Treasury (behind Biddle); Edward Stettinius, Secretary of State; Harry S. Truman; Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman; Harold Ickes, Secretary of the Interior; Margaret Truman; Harlan Stone, Chief Justice, United States Supreme Court; Sam Rayburn, Speaker, House of Representatives.