Hannegan, Robert E. (Robert Emmet), 1903-1949

Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan attends the swearing-in ceremony for Federal Security Administrator Oscar Ewing. Pictured l-r: Secretary of Labor Lewis Schwellenbach; Attorney General Tom C. Clark; Oscar Ewing; Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan; Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court Fred M. Vinson; Secretary of War Kenneth Royall.

Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan (center) hands out commemorative stamps to a group of unidentified men and military officers at the Post Office Headquarters. This is the first day of issue for the Iwo Jima commemorative postage stamp.

Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan (left)swears in Paul Aiken (right) as Second Assistant Postmaster General at the Post Office Department.

W. Averell Harriman is sworn in as Secretary of Commerce. Front row (l-r): W. Averell Harriman; Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court Fred M. Vinson. Second row, left to right: Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson; Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson (partly obscured); Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan; unidentified; Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson.

Robert E. Hannegan (left) being sworn in as Postmaster General by Supreme Court Justice Wiley B. Rutledge (left). Also present is Hannegan's daughter, Sally (second from left) and Fred Vinson, Director of the Office of Mobilization and Reconversion.

Onlookers applaud W. Averell Harriman at the ceremony swearing him in as Secretary of Commerce. Pictured (l-r): Secretary of the Interior Julius A. Krug; Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson; Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson; Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan; Attorney General Tom Clark; Secretary of Commerce W. Averell Harriman; Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court Fred M. Vinson.

Clinton P. Anderson swears in as Secretary of Agriculture. Pictured (l-r): Henrietta (Mrs. Clinton P.) Anderson; Nancy Anderson; Supreme Court Justice Wiley Rutledge; Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson; Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan; Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn.

Robert E. Hannegan (center, left) is sworn in as Postmaster General by Supreme Court Justice Wiley Rutledge (center, right), as daughter Sally Hannegan (center, behind podium) looks on. Also present are, from left to right: son William Hannegan, daughter Patricia Hannegan, son Robert E. Hannegan, Jr., Irma (Mrs. Robert) Hannegan, Attorney General Tom Clark (behind Hannegan, wearing bow tie), Clinton Anderson (behind Justice Rutledge), and outgoing Postmaster General Frank Walker (right). All others unidentified.

The swearing-in of Robert E. Hannegan (foreground, center) as Postmaster General. Seated (l-r): Sally Hannegan; Irma P. (Mrs. Robert) Hannegan (partly obscured); Patricia Hannegan; Mrs. Alice Gorman. Standing (l-r): unidentified; unidentified; Walter Wolfner (standing behind Mrs. Gorman); unidentified; James Finnegan; unidentified; Martin Gorman; Judge Wiley B. Rutledge; unidentified; unidentified; and outgoing Postmaster General Frank Walker.

Commissioner of Internal Revenue Robert E. Hannegan and his wife, Irma P. Hannegan, in his office on swearing-in day.