Legislators

Senator Harry S. Truman, Vice-President Elect, visits with an unidentified uniformed Air Force man while aboard the airplane which is taking him from Kansas City, Missouri to Washington, D. C. following his victory election as Vice President. See 97-2075, 97-2076, 89-37 and 77-104 for additional shots of this trip.

Senator Harry S. Truman, Vice-President Elect, sits aboard a plane bound for Washington D. C. from his home state where he heard election returns. See 97-2075, 97-2077, 89-37 and 77-104 for additional shots of the trip.

Senator Harry S. Truman, Vice-President Elect, waves his hand as he boards the plane for a trip to Washington D. C. See photos 97-2076 and 97-2077 for views of Truman on the plane and 89-37 and 77-104 for shots of his landing in Washington.

Portrait of Senator Harry S. Truman. Same as 96-915, it is also a 3/4 length photo from which 62-372 was cropped.

President Harry S. Truman dines with Congressional leaders at the Capitol. The Congress is trying to complete business. From left to right: House Speaker Sam Rayburn; President Truman; Congressman John McCormack; Senate Democratic Leader Ernest McFarland; and Vice President Alben W. Barkley.

Mounted 13 x 10 photo showing the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia after the nomination of President Harry S. Truman and Alben W. Barkley. Both men raise their arms in salute to the cheering delegates. Sam Rayburn is directly behind President Truman. Donor: Ernest Sisto.

Shown at the drought conference in Des Moines, Iowa are left to right, Kansas Gov. Alf Landon, Gov. Cochrane, Senator Harry S. Truman (in mustache), Senator Elmer Thomas, Gov. Petersen, Senator Arthur Capper. Seated are President Roosevelt and host Gov. Clyde Herring. See 71-2416 for color photo of same. From: Hjalmar Petersen.

Senator Harry S. Truman gazes at the latest cartoon presented to him about the Truman Committee.

Portrait of W. Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force who later became a Senator from Missouri.

Shown together are members of the Joint Congressional Inaugural Committee of the U. S. Senate and House of Representatives. Left to right are: Rep. John McCormack, Rep. Charles A. Halleck, Chairman Edward H. Foley, Rep. Sam Rayburn, Senator John J. Sparkman, and Senator Carl Hayden.