Biddle, Francis B. (Francis Beverley), 1886-1968

President Harry S. Truman takes the oath of office after President Franklin D. Roosevelt's death in the Cabinet Room, Executive Offices, at the White House. Left to right: Francis Biddle, Attorney General; Henry Morgenthau, Secretary of the Treasury (behind Biddle); Edward Stettinius, Secretary of State; Harry S. Truman; Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman; Harold Ickes, Secretary of the Interior; Margaret Truman; Harlan Stone, Chief Justice, United States Supreme Court; Sam Rayburn, Speaker, House of Representatives.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his Cabinet members. From left to right around the table: Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard, Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins, Secretary of Commerce Henry Wallace, Secretary of Commerce Jesse H. Jones, Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes, Postmaster General Frank C. Walker, Secretary of War Henry Stimson, Secretary of State Cordell Hull, President Roosevelt, Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Attorney General Francis Biddle, Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox.

President Truman being sworn is as President. Others in photo, from left to right are: Philip B. Fleming, Public Works Administrator; John B.

Judges of the International Military Tribunal confer as War Crimes Trials open at Nuremberg, Germany. Passing a word with each other during the reading of the indictment are (center left) Lord Justice Geoffrey Lawrence, presiding Judge of Britain, and (center right) former United States Attorney General Francis Biddle.

The British judges at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials. From left to right: General Ion Nikitchenko (Russian judge), Sir Norman Birkett, Sir Geoffrey Lawrence, and Francis Biddle (United States judge). Donor: Robert Jackson.

Senator Alben W. Barkley (left) and Attorney General Francis Biddle at a formal dinner.

General scene of formal dinner, including Senator James Mead, Senator Harry S. Truman (sixth from the left along the back row), Senator Claude D. Pepper, Senator Alben W. Barkley, and Attorney General Francis Biddle.

From left to right, Senator James M. Mead, Attorney General Francis Biddle, and Senator Robert F. Wagner at a formal dinner.

Attorney General Francis Biddle and Marvin McIntyre, a secretary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Harry S. Truman taking the oath of office at the White House after the death of President Roosevelt. From left to right: Philip B. Fleming, Public Works Administrator; John B.