Oaths

Dwight D. Eisenhower (right of podium) taking the oath of office as President of the United States from Chief Justice Fred Vinson (left of podium). In the front row, from left to right are First Lady Bess W. Truman (right side of column), Pat (Mrs. Richard) Nixon, First Lady Mamie Eisenhower, unidentified man, and former President Harry S. Truman. Visible between Mr. Truman and Chief Justice Vinson is former President Herbert Hoover. On the right side of the podium is Vice President Richard Nixon. All others are unidentified.

Richard M. Nixon (at podium, right) taking the oath of office as Vice President of the United States from Senator William Knowland of California (at podium, left). Also present are, from left to right in first row: First Lady Bess. W. Truman (right side of column), Pat (Mrs. Richard) Nixon, Mamie (Mrs. Dwight) Eisenhower, unidentified man, President Harry S. Truman. Standing behind President Truman is former President Herbert Hoover. The man on the right in the judicial robe is Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Fred M. Vinson. All others unidentified.

Secretary of State James F. Byrnes (center) shakes hands with President Harry S. Truman (right) after being sworn-in as Secretary in the White House Rose Garden. Also pictured (second row, l-r): Former Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius, Jr.; Senator Kenneth McKellar; Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson; and Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan. All others unidentified.

Secretary of State James F. Byrnes kisses the Bible as he is sworn in as Secretary of State in the White House Rose Garden. Also pictured, front row (l-r): Chief Justice Richard S. Whaley of the U.S. Court of Claims; Mrs. Maude Byrnes; and President Harry S. Truman. Second row (l-r): unidentified; Senator Kenneth McKellar; Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson; and Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan. Standing behind Hannegan on the right is Secretary of Labor Lewis Schwellenbach. All others are unidentified.

Secretary of State James F. Byrnes (center) shakes hands with President Harry S. Truman (left) after being sworn-in as Secretary of State in the White House Rose Garden. Also pictured (second row, l-r): Former Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius, Jr.; Senator Kenneth McKellar; Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson; and Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan. All others unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (center) congratulates W. Averell Harriman (left) upon his swearing-in as new Director of the Mutual Security Agency after an Oval Office ceremony. Chief Justice Fred Vinson looks on (right). Also present in the background are Under Secretary of State James Webb (second from left), Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer (second from right), and John Steelman (right). All others are unidentified.

Cameras gather in the Oval Office around President Harry S. Truman (center), W. Averell Harriman (left), and Chief Justice Fred Vinson (right) as Harriman takes the oath as new director of the Mutual Security Agency. Also present in the background are Under Secretary of State James Webb (fourth from left, partly obscured), Attorney General J. Howard McGrath (fifth from left), Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer (third from right), and John Steelman (second from right). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (center) looks on as Chief Justice Fred Vinson (right) administers the oath of office to W. Averell Harriman (left) as the first Director of the Mutual Security Agency in an Oval Office ceremony. Also present are John Steelman (background, right), and Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer (background, second from right). All others are unidentified.

A snapshot from above showing a reception for John W. Snyder, newly sworn-in Secretary of the Treasury. Just left of large column is President Harry S. Truman, John Snyder, and Fred Vinson. To right of column in center of picture can be seen, Harry H. Vaughan, William D. Hassett, Charles Ross, and Clark Clifford, among many others.

Chief Justice Fred Vinson (left) administers the oath of John W. Snyder, new Secretary of the Treasury as others look on. O. Max Gardner, Undersecretary of Treasury, stands just behind Mr. Snyder (at right).