Political leadership

From left to right, Harold Baer, Alex Rose, and Dean Alfange watch as Senator Harry S. Truman (seated) accepts the Vice-Presidential nomination of the Liberal Party of New York.

Vice-President Harry S. Truman (seated, left)shakes hands with an unidentified man at a dinner for the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society at the Hotel Astor in New York City. Also pictured (left to right): Irving Geist; Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan; unidentified.

Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan poses with his gavel before calling the Democratic National Convention to order in Chicago, Illinois.

Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan poses with his gavel before calling the Democratic National Convention to order in Chicago, Illinois.

Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan calls the 1944 Democratic Convention to order in Chicago, Illinois.

Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan calls the Democratic National Convention to order in Chicago, Illinois.

Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan (at podium) calls the Democratic National Convention to order in Chicago, Illinois. All others unidentified.

From left to right, Senator Elmer Thomas, Senator Alben W. Barkley, Governor Robert S. Kerr, Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan, and Senator James Tunnell at a luncheon in Washington, D.C., given in honor of Governor Kerr. Governor Kerr was the keynote speaker at the Democratic National Convention.

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.