Vice President Harry S. Truman is Sworn in as President

Truman - Family - Wife - Daughter - 1945; 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

Stone, Harlan Fiske, 1872-1946

Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

Truman, Margaret (Mary Margaret), 1924-2008

Stettinius, Edward R. (Edward Reilly), 1900-1949

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Description

Vice President Harry S. Truman (front left) is sworn in as President by Chief Justice Harlan Stone (center right). Behind them are, from left to right, are: Department Chairman of the War Manpower Commission Francis McNamee, Attorney General Francis Biddle, Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Secretary of State Edward Stettinius (mostly obscured by Truman), Bess Truman, Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes, Margaret Truman, and Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Volume 1.

Date(s)

April 12, 1945

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Vice President Harry S. Truman is Sworn in as President