Legislators

From left to right: Senator John F. Kennedy, three unidentified men, Edwin W. Pauley (at table), and an unidentified man in background. They are at an unidentified banquet.

Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley, sheaf of papers in hand, rises to speak at the February 27, 1946, hearing before the Senate Naval Committee on his fitness to serve as Undersecretary of the Navy.

Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley (center), President Harry S. Truman's nominee for Undersecretary of the Navy who was up for confirmation before the Senate Naval Affairs Committee, confers with committee members Senator Sheridan Downey (Democrat from California) on the left, and Senator Owen Brewster (Republican from Maine) on the right, as a halt is called in the hearing on Pauley's fitness for the Navy post.

Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley (left) confers with Senator Leverett Saltonstall (Republican from Massachusetts), Senate Naval Affairs Committee member, during a hearing into Pauley's fitness to be Undersecretary of the Navy. Saltonstall suggested on February 26, 1946, that Pauley withdraw his name.

Senator Harry S. Truman standing near the U. S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C.

Senator Harry S. Truman at a rally in Sedalia, Missouri, to start his campaign for reelection to the Senate.

Senator Harry S. Truman delivering a speech during his campaign for reelection to the Senate. Location and others in photograph are unknown.

Senator Theodore F. Green escorts His Majesty King Faisal II Al-Hashimi of Iraq and his party from the Capitol. From photograph album, "Visit of his Majesty the King of Iraq and his Royal Highness the Regent of Iraq to the United States of America, August 12 to September 8, 1952."

Snapshot of (from left to right) Margaret Truman, Senator Harry S. Truman, and Bess W. Truman on a ferry boat. Woman on the extreme left is unidentified. Written in Margaret's handwriting on the back of the photo: "When Dad was still on the Hill - about '38 or '39." Similar to 83-90-13 and 83-90-14.

The Truman family in a car. Written on the back of the photo is "Leaving for Washington," presumably from Independence. Margaret Truman is climbing into the backseat. Bess Truman is on the passenger side, front seat, and Senator Harry S. Truman can barely be seen in the driver's seat. They appear to be at the back of the Truman home. From: Truman home.