President Harry S. Truman (sitting) meets with the "Big Four" Congressional leaders from Capitol Hill for the first time after taking office. Standing from left to right are: Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, Senator Kenneth McKellar of Tennessee, Senate Majority Leader Alben Barkley of Kentucky, and House Majority Leader John W. McCormack of Massachusetts. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.
Assistant to the President John R. Steelman is attending a dinner with numerous members of Congress present. Standing at Speaker's table from left to right: Reverend Cranford, Majority Leader John W. McCormack, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee J. Howard McGrath, Congressman Frank W. Boykin, Chief Justice Fred Vinson, Speaker Sam Rayburn, Minority Leader Joe Martin, Vice President Alben Barkley. Immediately behind Barkley is Attorney General Tom Clark, Chairman of the Arrangement Committee Colonel Albert Ernest.
Democratic National Committee Chairman and Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan (center) meets with House Democrats in Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn's office.
Democratic National Committee Chairman and Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan (center) meets with House Democrats in Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn's office. Pictured are (left to right): Sam O'Neal, Publicity Director of the Democratic National Committee; Richard Nacy, Executive Vice-Chair of the Democratic National Committee; Representative Patrick Drewry of Virginia; Hannegan; Rayburn; Representative John McCormack of Massachusetts; Oscar Ewing, Vice-Chairman of the Democratic National Committee; and George Killion, Secretary-Treasurer of the Democratic National Committee.