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From left to right, Cook County State's Attorney Thomas J. Courtney, Senator Scott Lucas, Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan, and Chicago Mayor Edward J. Kelly at the convention in Chicago for Illinois Democrats.

President Harry S. Truman poses with a large group of Democrats outside the White House. Front row (l-r): O.S. Warden, Democratic National Committee Member; Oscar R. Ewing, Democratic National Committee Vice Chairman; Leif Erickson, Nominee for Senator, Montana; Governor Herbert R. O'Conor, Nominee for Senator, Maryland; President Truman; Bernice (Mrs. Wallace) Kingsbury; Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan; H.J. McMurray, Nominee for Senator, Wisconsin; John Redstrom, Nominee for Representative, Wisconsin; M.G. Burnside, Nominee for Representative, West Virginia; J.Y.

President Harry S. Truman poses with a large group of Democrats outside the White House. Front row (l-r): O.S. Warden, Democratic National Committee Member; Oscar R. Ewing, Democratic National Committee Vice Chairman; Leif Erickson, Nominee for Senator, Montana; Governor Herbert R. O'Conor, Nominee for Senator, Maryland; President Truman; Bernice (Mrs. Wallace) Kingsbury; Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan; H.J. McMurray, Nominee for Senator, Wisconsin; John Redstrom, Nominee for Representative, Wisconsin; M.G. Burnside, Nominee for Representative, West Virginia; J.Y.

From left to right, Cook County State's Attorney Thomas J. Courtney, Senator Scott Lucas, Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan, and Chicago Mayor Edward J. Kelly at the convention in Chicago for Illinois Democrats. Singer Sophie Tucker sits behind them. All others unidentified.

Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan (left) discusses campaign plans with Brien McMahon of Connecticut, Democratic Nominee for the United States Senate at the Biltmore Hotel in New York.

Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan (left) discusses campaign plans with Brien McMahon of Connecticut, Democratic Nominee for the United States Senate at the Biltmore Hotel in New York.

Former President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with Adlai Stevenson, Democratic candidate for President, and other unidentified Party leaders at the Democratic Convention in Chicago held in August, 1956.

Judge and Democratic Senatorial candidate Harry S. Truman (left) with Representative John J. Cochran (right).

President Harry S. Truman rides with two Democratic candidates, Stuart Symington (center) and Phil Donnelly (right), on the way from Union Station to the Park Plaza Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri. President Truman holds two apples in his hand.

Judge Harry S. Truman (right) at home with his wife, Bess Wallace Truman (seated in chair) and daughter Margaret. They are in the living room of the Truman home. From: Kansas City Star.