Presidential elections

President Harry S. Truman (back seat of car, left) and Vice President Alben Barkley (back seat of car, right) greet the crowds lining Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C. after winning the 1948 Presidential election. Also pictured is Senator J. Howard McGrath (back seat, center). In the center row of the car: First Lady Bess W. Truman (left); Margaret Truman (center); and Marian (Mrs. Max) Truitt (right). All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

From left to right: Vice President-elect Alben Barkley; Mrs. Marian Barkley Truitt; Margaret Truman; First Lady Bess W. Truman; and President Harry S. Truman on the steps of the White House the day after President Truman won the 1948 presidential election. Standing behind Mr. Barkley and Ms. Truitt, partly obscured, are Admiral William D. Leahy and General Harry Vaughan. Standing behind President Truman, partly obscured, is Captain Robert Dennison. Standing in the background between Mrs. Truman and President Truman is Irving Geist. All others are unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

President Harry S. Truman (right) and Vice President Alben Barkley (second from right) greet Cabinet members on the back platform of the "Victory Special" in Washington, D.C. after winning the 1948 Presidential election. Also pictured: Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (second from left); and Mrs. Ann Chapman (left). Others are unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

President Harry S. Truman (second from the right) and Vice President-elect Alben Barkley (third from the right) return to Washington, D.C. after their 1948 Presidential election victory. All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

President Harry S. Truman (right) and Vice President-elect Alben Barkley (mostly obscured by Truman) greet Cabinet members on the back platform of the "Victory Special" in Washington, D.C. after winning the 1948 Presidential election. Also pictured: Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug (second from left); and Margaret (Mrs. Julius) Krug (left). All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan gives a speech in front of radio broadcast microphones on Election Night. Irving Geist is pictured far left in the background. All others unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (center) shakes hands with both former Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan (foreground, left) and Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder (right) in St. Louis, Missouri, just prior to the 1948 presidential election. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (center) shakes hands with both former Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan (left) and Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder in St. Louis, Missouri, just prior to the 1948 presidential election.

Senator and Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate Harry S. Truman listens to the 1944 presidential election results on the radio at the Muehlebach Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Pictured (left to right): sister Mary Jane Truman; Senator Truman; brother J. Vivian Truman; Mrs. Bess Truman (seated); Margaret Truman; and niece Martha Ann Truman.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt (center) exiting polls on Election Day in Hyde Park, New York. With President Roosevelt are unidentified Secret Service aides.