Connally, Tom, 1877-1963

President Harry S. Truman (left) listens while Secretary of State Edward Stettinius (seated) speaks at the closing session of the United Nations Conference in San Francisco, California. Standing on the right are Senators Theodore Green (right) and Tom Connally (second from right). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (left) and Secretary of State Edward Stettinius (second from left) watch as Senator Tom Connally signs the United Nations Charter at the San Francisco conference. Others are unidentified.

At the White House, President Harry S. Truman signs the Foreign Aid Bill. Looking on from left to right are Senator Arthur Vandenberg, Secretary of Interior Julius Krug, House Speaker Joseph W. Martin, Representative Sol Bloom, and (partially hidden at right) Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman (seated) signs the Foreign Assistance Act which would send $6,098,000,000 around the world to combat Communism. This bill created the European Recovery Program to implement the Marshall Plan. Standing behind President Truman from left to right are: Senator Arthur Vanderburg, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, Representative Charles Eaton, Senator Tom Connally, Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug, (mostly obscured), Speaker of the House Joseph Martin, Representative Sol Bloom, and Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson (behind Bloom, mostly obscured).

General Omar Bradley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Senator Tom Connally inspect map of Iron Curtain countries before a Senate hearing. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit. National Archives Photo Number: NARS 306-PS-51.

President Harry S. Truman (sitting) meets in the Oval Office of the White House with the American Delegation to the United Nations Conference in San Francisco, California. Delegation members from left to right: Commander Harold Stassen, Representative Charles Eaton of New Jersey, Barnard College Dean Mrs. Virginia Gildersleeve, Senator Tom Connally of Texas, Secretary of State Edward Stettinius, Senator Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan, and Representative Sol Bloom of New York. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

Senator Harry S. Truman (center), Democratic Vice Presidential nominee, is meeting with his colleagues on the Senate War Investigating Committee in Washington, D. C., following a meeting at which he tendered his resignation as chairman. Left to right: Senator Homer Ferguson, Senator Harold Burton, Senator Truman, Senator Tom Connally, and Senator Owen Brewster. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Volume 1.

Senator Harry S. Truman (standing in car at left) shaking hands with well-wishers at a parade in Lamar, Missouri, which ended at the Traveler's Hotel. Senator Truman will give his official acceptance speech for the Vice Presidential nomination in his birthplace of Lamar. Senator Tom Connally of Texas who made the notification speech is standing next to Senator Truman.

Luncheon for the Democratic National Finance Committee, held at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. On the left side of the photo is the head table. Seated at the head table, from left to right, are: Democratic National Committee Chairman J. Howard McGrath; Senator Tom Connally; Vice President Alben Barkley; President Harry S. Truman; Louis Johnson; Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn; and unidentified.

Senator and Vice-Presidential candidate Harry S. Truman (center) has breakfast at the Connor Hotel in Joplin, Missouri with Senator Tom Connally (left) and Senator Carl Hatch (right).