Vice-President Harry S. Truman Preparing to Take Oath of Office

Truman - Bess - Family - HST - MT - Presidency; Truman - Family - Wife - Daughter - 1945; Truman - Margaret - Family - HST & Bess - Presidency; Truman - Oaths - President - 1945

People Pictured

Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

Truman, Margaret (Mary Margaret), 1924-2008

Daniels, Jonathan W. (Jonathan Worth), 1902-1981

Leahy, William D. (William Daniel), 1875-1959

Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961

Wickard, Claude R. (Claude Raymond), 1893-1967

Simmons, William D., 1895-1970

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Abbie Rowe

National Park Service

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description

Vice-President Harry S. Truman is taking the oath of office, at 7:09 p.m., after the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Bess and Margaret Truman are standing to the right of Mr. Truman. Immediately behind Mr. Truman are (from left to right): Press Secretary Jonathan Daniels, Admiral William Leahy, Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard, unidentified man (mostly obscured), receptionist William Simmons, and Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn. All others are unidentified.

Date(s)

April 12, 1945

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Vice-President Harry S. Truman Preparing to Take Oath of Office