Political leadership

Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan gives a speech in front of radio broadcast microphones on Election Night. Irving Geist is pictured far left in the background. All others unidentified.

Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan (left) debates for labor vote with President of the American Federation of Labor William Green (center) and Chairman of the Republican National Committee B. Carroll Reece (right).

Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan (center) walks with his wife, Mrs. Irma P. Hannegan (left) and Secretary of State Edward Stettinius during the funeral ceremony for President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Hyde Park, NY.

Postmaster General and Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan (right) leaves the White House with former Office of Price Administration leader Chester Bowles after a conference with President Harry S. Truman.

Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan (center) sits at a banquet table with two unidentified men.

Democratic National Committee Chairman and Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan (left) and Representative Robert Ramspeck with a carved wooden donkey.

Democratic National Committee Chairman and Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan (left) and Representative Robert Ramspeck inspect a carved wooden donkey.

Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan and others board a plane from Washington, D.C. to Buffalo, New York. From left to right: James Morrisey, secretary to Congressman George F. Rogers; Hannegan; Congressman George F. Rogers; Allen Thurman, chief liaison officer of the Senate Small Business Committee; and unidentified flight attendant.

Robert E. Hannegan (right) outside an unidentified building with St. Lous, Missouri mayor Bernard F. Dickmann (center) and an unidentified man.

Robert E. Hannegan, Chairman of the Democratic City Committee of St. Louis, Missouri (right), with his wife Irma P. Hannegan (center) and mother-in-law Mrs. William Proutzmann at a restaurant during Kentucky Derby festivities. All others unidentified.