Oaths

Honored guests stand during part of the Inaugural Ceremonies for President Harry S. Truman. The man at the podium is unidentified. Standing behind him are President Harry S. Truman (left) and Chief Justice Fred Vinson (second from left). Vice President Alben Barkley is second from the right. Also present, in the front row are: unidentified, Marian (Mrs. Max) Barkley Truitt, Margaret Truman, and First Lady Bess W. Truman. Others are unidentified.

Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, Chief of Naval Operations, is standing on the left and congratulating John F. Floberg after he was sworn in as Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air. Standing in the center is Francis P. Matthews, Secretary of the U.S. Navy.

Vice President Harry S. Truman being sworn in as President, after President Franklin D. Roosevelt died. Left to right: Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins; Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson; Secretary of Commerce Henry A. Wallace; Secretary of the Navy James A. Forrestal; Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard; Attorney General Francis X. Biddle; Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr.; and Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes. In foreground, Harry S. Truman takes the oath of office with Bess Truman in center and Justice Harlan Stone at right.

Ivy W. Duggan (center with hand raised) takes his oath as he is sworn in as the Governor of the Farm Credit Administration. From left to right: Under Secretary of Agriculture Grover Hill, Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard, Ivy Duggan, Chief Clerk of the Department of Agriculture Arthur B. Thatcher, unidentified, and War Food Administrator Marvin Jones.

Robert Farrington (center) is being sworn in as Co-op Bank Commissioner by Arthur Thatcher (right), and Ivy W. Duggan (left).

From left to right: General Dwight Eisenhower, President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of the Army Kenneth Royall, and General Omar Bradley. General Eisenhower is swearing in General Bradley as the new Army Chief of Staff.

From left to right, newly sworn in Secretary of State George C. Marshall, President Harry S. Truman, and outgoing Secretary of State James F. Byrnes have a good laugh. Visible in the background between General Marshall and President Truman is Secretary of War Robert Patterson. Visible in the background behind Mr. Byrnes is Secretary of Labor Lewis Schwellenbach. From the Scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Volume 3.

George C. Marshall (left) is taking the oath for the position of Secretary of State, as President Harry S. Truman (center, background) looks on. Marshall is sworn in by Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson (right). Visible in the background behind President Truman are, from left to right: Senator Arthur Vandenburg (partially obscured by Marshall's shoulder), Rear Admiral James Foskett, Major General Harry Vaughan, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, and Attorney General Tom Clark. From the Scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Volume 3.

President Harry S. Truman (right) shakes hands with General George C. Marshall (left) during the ceremony swearing him in as Secretary of State. Standing between them is the outgoing Secretary of State, James Byrnes. Visible in the background between Marshall and Byrnes is Secretary of War Robert Patterson. From the Scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Volume 3.

Frank Pace (left) is sworn in as Director of the Bureau of the Budget. On the right is outgoing Director of the Bureau of the Budget, James E. Webb. The man in the center is unidentified.