Hannegan, Robert E. (Robert Emmet), 1903-1949

W. Averell Harriman is sworn in as Secretary of Commerce. Front row (l-r): W. Averell Harriman; Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court Fred M. Vinson. Second row, left to right: Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson; Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson (partly obscured); Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan; unidentified; Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson.

Robert E. Hannegan (left) being sworn in as Postmaster General by Supreme Court Justice Wiley B. Rutledge (left). Also present is Hannegan's daughter, Sally (second from left) and Fred Vinson, Director of the Office of Mobilization and Reconversion.

Onlookers applaud W. Averell Harriman at the ceremony swearing him in as Secretary of Commerce. Pictured (l-r): Secretary of the Interior Julius A. Krug; Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson; Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson; Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan; Attorney General Tom Clark; Secretary of Commerce W. Averell Harriman; Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court Fred M. Vinson.

Clinton P. Anderson swears in as Secretary of Agriculture. Pictured (l-r): Henrietta (Mrs. Clinton P.) Anderson; Nancy Anderson; Supreme Court Justice Wiley Rutledge; Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson; Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan; Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn.

Robert E. Hannegan (center, left) is sworn in as Postmaster General by Supreme Court Justice Wiley Rutledge (center, right), as daughter Sally Hannegan (center, behind podium) looks on. Also present are, from left to right: son William Hannegan, daughter Patricia Hannegan, son Robert E. Hannegan, Jr., Irma (Mrs. Robert) Hannegan, Attorney General Tom Clark (behind Hannegan, wearing bow tie), Clinton Anderson (behind Justice Rutledge), and outgoing Postmaster General Frank Walker (right). All others unidentified.

The swearing-in of Robert E. Hannegan (foreground, center) as Postmaster General. Seated (l-r): Sally Hannegan; Irma P. (Mrs. Robert) Hannegan (partly obscured); Patricia Hannegan; Mrs. Alice Gorman. Standing (l-r): unidentified; unidentified; Walter Wolfner (standing behind Mrs. Gorman); unidentified; James Finnegan; unidentified; Martin Gorman; Judge Wiley B. Rutledge; unidentified; unidentified; and outgoing Postmaster General Frank Walker.

Commissioner of Internal Revenue Robert E. Hannegan and his wife, Irma P. Hannegan, in his office on swearing-in day.

Commissioner of Internal Revenue Robert E. Hannegan seated at his desk in his office on his swearing-in day. Standing next to him is his wife, Irma P. Hannegan.

Commissioner of Internal Revenue Robert E. Hannegan with his wife, Irma P. Hannegan on his swearing-in day.

Commissioner of Internal Revenue Robert E. Hannegan and wife Irma P. Hannegan in his office on swearing-in day.