Legislators

Former President Harry S. Truman (standing) speaks at the Harry S. Truman Birthplace Dedication Ceremony in Lamar, Missouri. Seated, left to Right: Leonard Woodcock, Vice President of United Auto Workers Union; Governor James Blair; Stuart Symington; Randall Jessee. Photo from Joseph Jaeger, Missouri State Park Board.

Former President Harry S. Truman (standing) speaks at the Harry S. Truman Birthplace Dedication Ceremony. Row 1: (right to left) Randall Jessee, unidentified, Monsignor L. Curtis Tiernan, Senator Stuart Symington, unidentified. All others are unidentified. Photo from Joseph Jaeger, Missouri State Park Board.

Portrait of Senator Jose Ferreira de Souza of Brazil.

Senator Theodore Francis Green stands at the podium and speaks at Constitution Day ceremonies held at the Library of Congress marking the permanent sealing of the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.

From left to right, unidentified, Librarian of Congress Luther Harris Evans, Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson, Senator Theodore F. Green, and President Harry S. Truman, hold the original United States Constitution prior to the document being permanently sealed during Constitution Day ceremonies at the Library of Congress.

Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson (third from left) stands behind the podium with President Harry S. Truman (second from right) prior to speaking at Constitution Day ceremonies at the Library of Congress. Afterwards, the original documents on which are written the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence are to be permanently sealed. Standing next to President Truman is Senator Theodore Francis Green of Rhode Island (right). The other individuals are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman sits at his desk in the Oval Office and signs S. 1359, an act which extended the benefits of the Civil Service Retirement Act to additional people. He is surrounded by a group of unidentified men and one woman. The man seventh from the right (just to the left of the flag) is Senator Olin Johnston. From: Walter J. Jones.

President Harry S. Truman stands beside a car that will take him to Girard College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where, as guest of honor, he will attend a centennial of the founding of the College. Girard College was founded by Stephen Girard as a free boarding school for fatherless boys. Sitting in the back seat of the car is Senator Francis J. Myers. (See 59-1489-1 thru 32.) From: Todd Jermstad.

Former President Harry S. Truman, seated at the table for a Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner at the Sheraton-Plaza Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts, is greeted by Ida R. Lyons (left), Secretary of State Committee, Congressman John W. McCormack (center), and Chairman William H. Burke, Jr. (right). From: No donor identified.

Senator John Kerry, 2004 Democratic candidate for President, poses for a picture with the Truman Library staff, taken in the North Lobby of the Truman Library. Left to right are: Mary McPherson, Kathy Knotts, Anita Henderson, Ray Geselbracht, Carol Banes, Donna Denslow, Judy Kreher, Jim Todd (partially obscured), Senator John Kerry, Scott Roley (partially obscured), Amy Williams, Rebecca Turner, Bonnie Neeleman, Anita Smith, Steve Belk, Jamie Oakes, Ed Autry, Pauline Testerman, and Randy Sowell. The candidate spoke on national security.