Political leadership

Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan raises his gavel while presiding over a Democratic National Committee meeting in Washington, D.C.

Outgoing Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan (center) with an unidentified man and woman at a Democratic National Committee meeting in Washington, D.C.

Retiring Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan speaks from behind a podium at a Democratic National Committee meeting in Washington, D.C.

Retiring Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan (left) hands his gavel to in-coming Democratic National Committee Chairman, Senator J. Howard McGrath, at a Democratic National Committee meeting in Washington, D.C.

Retiring Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan (left) hands his gavel to Senator J. Howard McGrath, in-coming Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, at a Democratic National Committee meeting in Washington, D.C.

Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan (center) sits between an unidentified man and woman at a meeting of the Democratic National Committee in Washington, D.C. All others unidentified.

Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan (center) discusses papers with an unidentified man and woman at a Democratic National Committee meeting in Washington, D.C. All others are unidentified.

Outgoing Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan raises his gavel while presiding over a Democratic National Committee meeting in Washington, D.C.

Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan gives a speech behind a podium at an unidentified event.

Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan (center) stands between Attorney General Tom C. Clark (right) and an unidentified man shaking hands. All others unidentified.