Legislators

Former President Harry S. Truman looks at Senator Dennis Chavez of New Mexico as he signs a clipboard. Harry Vaughan is standing behind them. Others are unidentified. Senator Chavez, a long-time friend of Mr. Truman, is a patient at the National Institute of Health.

Left to right: Unidentified man, Bess Truman, and Stuart Symington stand in grass at a Democratic picnic held at Slover Park in Independence, Missouri. From: Truman Home.

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) shakes the hand of Senator Dennis Chavez, Senator from New Mexico, a long-time friend, at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, where Chavez is a patient.

A somber Former President Harry S. Truman is shown attending the funeral of Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn in Bonham, Texas.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt (seated) on the back platform of his train while in Worcester, Massachusetts. Roosevelt was on his way to deliver the final speech of his campaign in Boston, Massachusetts. From left to right: Massachusetts Senator David I. Walsh; Admiral William D. Leahy, Commander-in-Chief of the United States Naval Forces; Boston Mayor Maurice J. Tobin, and President Roosevelt.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt (standing at microphones) speaking from train to crowd at Fort Wayne, Indiana while on the way to Chicago, Illinois. At far left is Governor Henry F. Schricker and at far right is Indiana Senator Samuel D. Jackson. All others unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman stands with Korean War veterans after presenting each of them the Congressional Medal of Honor in the Oval Office at the White House. From left to right: Senator Earle Clements of Kentucky (partly obscured); Senator Hugh Butler of Nebraska; Governor Lawrence Wetherby of Kentucky; First Lieutenant Carl Dodd, Kenvir, Kentucky; President Truman; Sergeant John A. Pittman, Carrolton, Mississippi; Master Sergeant Ernest R. Kouma, Dwight, Nebraska; and Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall. Others in the background are unidentified.

Former Presidents Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Bess Wallace Truman, Margaret Truman Daniel, Clifton Daniel, and Senator Stuart Symington at Inaugural Ceremonies for President John F. Kennedy. This photo is a duplicate of 95-159-02 and 95-159-03.

Former President Harry S. Truman speaks before a group with Senator John J. Sparkman on the left. In the background is the famous "Dewey Defeats Truman" picture. Mr. Truman is speaking at the Democratic Party Rally in Decatur, Alabama.

Former President Harry S. Truman walks with Alabama Governor John Patterson (left) and partially hidden Senator John J. Sparkman (right) at the Democratic Party Rally in Decatur, Alabama.