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Presidential campaign, 1944

Truman Listens to Election Results

Senator and Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate Harry S. Truman listens to the 1944 presidential election results on the radio at the Muehlebach Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Pictured (left to right): sister Mary Jane Truman; Senator Truman; brother J. Vivian Truman; Mrs. Bess Truman (seated); Margaret Truman; and niece Martha Ann Truman.

Hannegan Meets with Democratic Leaders

Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan (right) meets with Democratic leaders from Midwestern and Southern states in Chicago. Pictured are (left to right): Mrs. Gladys A. Tillet, Des Moines, Iowa; Jake More, Bloomfield, Iowa; Mrs. Benona Young, Bloomfield, Iowa; Mrs. Florena Lynch, Lemars, Iowa; Mrs. Jack Carnes, Camden, Arkansas; Dr. R.B. Robins, Camden, Arkansas; G.G. Jeck, Atlantic, Iowa.

Truman, Hannegan, and Others at Knights of the Cauliflower Ear Dinner

Senator Harry S. Truman (foreground, second from right) at the Knights of the Cauliflower Ear dinner at the Coronado Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri. Chairman of the Democratic National Committee Robert E. Hannegan pictured at the far left. All others unidentified. The dinner was held in celebration of Senator Harry S. Truman's nomination for Vice-President.