Vice President Harry S. Truman is Sworn in as President of the United States

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

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

Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961

Stone, Harlan Fiske, 1872-1946

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

Truman, Margaret (Mary Margaret), 1924-2008

Martin, Joseph W. (Joseph William), 1884-1968

Vinson, Fred M., 1890-1953

Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982

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Vice President Harry S. Truman, front left, is sworn in as President of the United States by Chief Justice Harlan Stone, front right. Behind them are, from left to right, Attorney General Francis Biddle, Secretary of State Edward Stettinius, Bess W. Truman (mostly obscured by Truman), Margaret Truman, Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion Administrator Fred Vinson, and House Minority Leader Representative Joseph Martin, Jr. 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 of the United States