Political leadership

Democratic National Committee Chair J. Howard McGrath (seated, center) with a group of unidentified men.

J. Howard McGrath (left) with John Redding (right), Democratic National Committee.

Portrait of J. Howard McGrath, inscribed: "J. Howard McGrath, Forward to Victory in '48. J. Howard McGrath, Chairman, Democratic National Committee." Similar to 61-175.

J. Howard McGrath (left) with an unidentified man.

Portrait of J. Howard McGrath, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

The Kansas City Press Club third Annual Griddle discussions between Democratic Committee Chairman Paul M. Butler and Republican Committee Chair Leonard W. Hall and others. Press cameras roll as Roy A. Roberts (publisher of the Kansas City Star) poses questions to Paul M. Butler and Leonard W. Hall. From: Charles Ross Papers.

From left to right, New York Governor-elect W. Averell Harriman, former President Harry S. Truman, and Democratic National Committee Chair Paul Butler. They are in Kansas City's Muehlebach Hotel to attend a Democratic dinner.

From left to right, New York Governor-Elect W. Averell Harriman, former President Harry S. Truman, and Democratic National Committee Chairman Paul Butler in Kansas City, Missouri.

At the Democratic State Committee meeting in New York on July 18th, Paul E. Fitzpatrick (on podium), Democratic State Chairman, enters the resolution naming Albany as the site for the state convention. The resolution was adopted unanimously, and the date was set for September 3rd and 4th. From: President's Committee on Civil Rights

Left to right: Unidentified lady, Paul M. Butler, Democratic National Committee Chairman, Mrs. J. Marcus Kirtley and former President Harry S. Truman attend a Democratic victory dinner at the Hotel President. From: Copied from original photographs loaned to the library by Harry Barth. Originals were returned to Mr. Barth.