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President Truman Takes Oath of Office

59-966
Accession Number
59-966
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 348264401
Keywords
Cabinet officers
Children of presidents
First ladies
Legislators
Oaths
Presidential succession
Presidents
HST Keywords
Truman - Oaths - President - 1945; Truman - Bess - Ceremonies - Oath of Office; Truman - Margaret - Ceremonies - Oath of Office
People Pictured
Biddle, Francis B. (Francis Beverley), 1886-1968
Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952
Morgenthau, Henry, 1891-1967
Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
Stettinius, Edward R. (Edward Reilly), 1900-1949
Stone, Harlan Fiske, 1872-1946
Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Truman, Margaret (Mary Margaret), 1924-2008
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Credit:
Harry Goodwin
Washington Post

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description

President Harry S. Truman takes the oath of office after President Franklin D. Roosevelt's death in the Cabinet Room, Executive Offices, at the White House. Left to right: Francis Biddle, Attorney General; Henry Morgenthau, Secretary of the Treasury (behind Biddle); Edward Stettinius, Secretary of State; Harry S. Truman; Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman; Harold Ickes, Secretary of the Interior; Margaret Truman; Harlan Stone, Chief Justice, United States Supreme Court; Sam Rayburn, Speaker, House of Representatives.

Date(s)
April 12, 1945