Vice-Presidential candidates

President Harry S. Truman (left) leads applause for Senator Alben Barkley as the veteran Kentucky Senator stands at the speaker's stand to address the Democratic Convention which nominated him for the vice-presidency. Others applauding are J. Howard McGrath, center, national Democratic chairman, and Representative Sam Rayburn. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman (left), Democratic candidate to succeed himself, listens to Alben W. Barkley, Democratic Senator from Kentucky and Vice-Presidential candidate, as they sit in the President's White House office today at a meeting of the Truman-Barkley Club. (See also 92-89 and 97-1539.) From Houston Post.

Dignitaries gather at the stage for President Harry S. Truman's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention. From left to right are First Lady Bess Truman, President Truman, Marian Barkley Truitt, Senator Alben Barkley, and Representative Sam Rayburn. This is a photo taken of a television screen. All others are unidentified. From the campaign scrapbook of Harry S. Truman.

President Harry S. Truman takes the stage at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Standing next to him is Vice Presidential candidate, Senator Alben Barkley. Visible behind Mr. Barkley is First Lady Bess W. Truman. All others are unidentified. This is a photo taken of a television screen. From the campaign scrapbook of Harry S. Truman.

President Harry S. Truman (center) is standing on the rear platform of the Presidential Rail Car with Margaret Truman (right) and Kentucky Senator Alben Barkley (left) as Truman leaves to begin the first leg of his 1948 presidential campaign "whistlestop" tour. From the campaign scrapbook of Harry S. Truman.

President Harry S. Truman and Senator Alben Barkley are shaking hands looking into the crowd. They are on the stand at the 1948 Democratic Convention in Philadelphia. Standing behind Mr. Truman is Marian (Mrs. Max) Truitt, Alben Barkley's daughter. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (center) waves from the back of the campaign train as he shakes hands with Democratic Vice-Presidential nominee Alben Barkley. Margaret Truman (right) watches from the back of the train. From the Scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.

Senator Harry S. Truman leaning into a car talking to his mother, Martha Ellen Truman, in Lamar, Missouri. He is going to accept the vice presidential nomination of the Democratic party in a celebration in his birthplace of Lamar.

Senator Harry S. Truman (center), Democratic Vice Presidential nominee, is meeting with his colleagues on the Senate War Investigating Committee in Washington, D. C., following a meeting at which he tendered his resignation as chairman. Left to right: Senator Homer Ferguson, Senator Harold Burton, Senator Truman, Senator Tom Connally, and Senator Owen Brewster. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Volume 1.

After winning the Democratic nomination for Vice-President, Senator Harry S. Truman (left) returns to Washington. In this photo he is meeting with two of his biggest opponents for nomination, Senator Alben Barkley (right) and Vice President Henry A. Wallace (center). This photo is from Volume 1 of Matt Connelly's scrapbook.