Vice-Presidents

Vice President-elect Alben W. Barkley (left) shakes hands with Secretary of Defense James V. Forrestal (right), with others looking on. President Truman and Vice President-elect Barkley had just returned to Washington after winning the election of 1948.

From left to right, Vice President-elect Alben W. Barkley, Marian Barkley Truitt, Margaret Truman, First Lady Bess W. Truman, and President Harry S. Truman, posing together on the front porch of the White House, with other dignitaries standing behind them. President Truman and Vice President-elect Barkley had just returned to Washington, D.C. after winning the election of 1948. 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.

Vice President Harry S. Truman points out the new sign over his door in the Senate office building to his daughter, Margaret Truman. From: New York Herald Tribune

Vice President Harry S. Truman (standing) raises the gavel to call the Senate into session for the first time since taking over his new office. Seated around the rostrum are Wall Doxey, Sergeant at Arms; Edward J. Hickey, Journal clerk; Charles L. Watkins, Parliamentarian; John C. Crockett, Chief Clerk and reading clerk; and Emery Frazier, Legislative Clerk.

President Lyndon B. Johnson (second from right) visiting with former President Harry S. Truman (left) in Mr. Truman's office at the Truman Library. Also present is Vice-President Hubert Humphrey (right). President Johnson is at the Library to sign the Medicare Bill. The man standing is unidentified.

President Lyndon B. Johnson (second from left) visiting with former President Harry S. Truman (left) in Mr. Truman's office at the Truman Library. Also present is Vice-President Hubert Humphrey (right). President Johnson is at the Library to sign the Medicare Bill. The man standing is unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman greets Senator Alben W. Barkley (Vice President-Elect) and Leslie Biffle (Staff Director of the Senate Minority Policy Committee) at the front door of the Little White House, Key West, Florida, where they posed for photo. (Same as 66-906) From: Naval Photo Center sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman and the Vice President Alben Barkley at the Presidential reviewing stand during the inaugural parade. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.

President Harry S. Truman and Vice President Alben Barkley wave as they walk out of the White House on the way to the Presidential reviewing stand during the inauguration. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.

President Harry S. Truman and Vice President Alben Barkley arriving at the Presidential reviewing stand by car on inauguration day. Members of Battery D (Mr. Truman's World War I battery) escort the President's car. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.