Political leadership

An unidentified man speaks at a microphone during the Knights of the Cauliflower Ear dinner at the Coronado Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri. Chairman of the Democratic National Committee Robert E. Hannegan (second from right) and an unidentified man are seated to the right of the speaker. The dinner was held in celebration of Senator Harry S. Truman's nomination for Vice-President.

Senator Harry S. Truman speaks at a microphone during the Knights of the Cauliflower Ear dinner at the Coronado Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri. An unidentified man (center) and Chairman of the Democratic National Committee Robert E. Hannegan (right) are seated next to Senator Truman. The dinner was held in celebration of Senator Harry S. Truman's nomination for Vice-President.

Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Robert E. Hannegan, speaks at the Knights of the Cauliflower Ear dinner at the Coronado Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri. The dinner was held in celebration of Senator Harry S. Truman's nomination for Vice-President.

Shown with two unidentified men, Robert E. Hannegan (center), Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, is wearing the Big Chief #13 hat of the Bonehead Club of Dallas. Photo taken at Washington's Birthday Dinner in Dallas, TX. From: Scrapbook gift to Robert Hannegan from Joe C. Luther.

Robert E. Hannegan, Democratic National Chairman, shakes hands with Edwin Pauley, Treasurer of the National Democratic Committee, at the Washington's Birthday Dinner in Dallas, Texas. Other man unidentified. From: Scrapbook gift to Robert Hannegan from Joe C. Luther.

Democratic National Chairman Robert E. Hannegan shown at a desk in his room during the Washington's Birthday Dinner in Dallas, Texas. From: Scrapbook gift to Robert Hannegan from Joe C. Luther.

Democratic National Committee Chair J. Howard McGrath (left) with Senator A.F. Whitney (right).

President Harry S. Truman (left) and Vice President-Elect Alben Barkley (right) holding up their hands, on the rear of a train at Union Station in Washington, D.C. Democratic National Committee Chair J. Howard McGrath in background.

Democratic National Committee Chair J. Howard McGrath taken from the platform upon the occasion of a visit of the Freedom Train at Olympia, Washington.

From left to right, Pennsylvania Senator Francis J. Myers, Democratic National Committee Chair J. Howard McGrath and Mr. Albert M. Greenfield, Philadelphia, PA.