Voting

President Harry S. Truman and daughter Margaret Truman voting in the 1946 election in Independence, Missouri.

President Harry S. Truman (left) and daughter Margaret Truman (right) voting in the 1946 election in Independence, Missouri. Others in the background are unidentified.

Judge Harry S. Truman (left) votes in the election in Independence, Missouri. Judge of election, W.J. Betts, watches Judge Truman cast his vote.

Judge Harry S. Truman (right) casts his vote in the Democratic primary early in the morning in Independence, Missouri. Judge H. W. Goode (right) watches.

Senator Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman cast their ballots in Independence, Missouri. Others in the background are unidentified.

Former President Harry S. Truman is walking out of a voting booth after using a voting machine for the first time in Independence, Missouri

Former President Harry S. Truman prepares to cast his vote in Independence, Missouri. The seated man is unidentified.

Former President Harry S. Truman flashes a big smile as he steps from the voting booth today in the Memorial Building in Independence, Missouri. He had just cast his ballot on one of Jackson County's new voting machines (seen in background). This was the first time the machine had been used in a general election. However, a similar one was used in Missouri's August primary. Prohibited from taking his usual long morning walk, Harry S. Truman said that he was able to take advantage of the election today to make the two-block walk from his home. From: Houston Post.

Independence, Mo. President Harry S. Truman holds his ballot in hand as he waits for his wife, Bess, to get her ballot from the clerk as they go to the polls to vote here today. The President and his wife cast their vote in the seventh precinct of Blue Township. Clerk is unidentified. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman (right) drops his ballot in the box as he votes in the seventh precinct of the Blue Township today in the Missouri primary election. Watching as the Chief Executive votes is his brother-in-law, George P. Wallace, a Democratic judge at the polling place. Donor: Houston Post.