Summary: | "Just after he had been overwhelmingly elected, by a purely partisan vote, to the post, Representative William B. Bankhead, of Alabama, was pictured taking the oath as Speaker of the 75th Congress that sat today (Jan. 5), for the first time. Representative Adolph J. Sabath, of Illinois, Dean of the House (not pictured) administered the oath for the Speaker."
(Note: ADAH staff did not find this photograph when searching the Catalog of Copyright Entries published by the Library of Congress. Since material published before 1977 without a copyright notice is in the public domain, it appears that this photograph is no longer under copyright restriction. However, the ultimate responsibility for determining status lies with the patron.)
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