Vice-Presidential candidates

Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Senator Harry S. Truman (left) sits down for lunch with President Franklin D. Roosevelt beneath a magnolia tree on the White House lawn.

Senator and Vice-Presidential candidate Harry S. Truman (left) and President Franklin D. Roosevelt (right) at a luncheon on the White House lawn prior to the election. From: The Pictorial Biography of Harry S. Truman by John de Murinelly Cirne Crane.

Governor of California and Republican Vice-Presidential candidate Earl Warren surveys the crowd from the rear of the "Dewey Victory Special" during a stop in Davis, California. On the rear of the train are, from left to right: Virginia Warren, Mrs. Nina Warren, and Earl Warren.

President Harry S. Truman (left) and Alben Barkley (right) smile for the photographer in front of unidentified onlookers. They are onstage at the 1948 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Donor: Montgomery Foto Service.

Mrs. Martha Ellen Truman with her son, Vice Presidential candidate Harry S. Truman on the family farm in Grandview, Missouri.

From Left to right, Margaret Truman, Estelle (Mrs. Roger T.) Sermon, Mrs. Bess Truman, Senator Harry S. Truman, and Roger T. Sermon stand outside of the Truman home.

Missouri Senator Harry S. Truman, Democratic Vice Presidential candidate, speaking in Peoria, Illinois. Senator Truman is denying the charges that started in 1922 that he was a former member of the Ku Klux Klan.

Senator Harry S. Truman, Bess and Margaret Truman are at the Democratic Convention waiting out the states roll call for the Truman Vice-Presidency. Others in photo unidentified.

Chicago Mayor Edward J. Kelley raises the hand of Senator Harry S. Truman following the victorious roll call nominating Truman for the Vice-Presidency.

Senator Harry S. Truman sips coffee during states roll call at the Democratic Convention in Chicago after his nomination for the Vice Presidential spot.