Mr. George Wharton Pepper of Philadelphia, on January 9, 1922, was named United States Senator of Pennsylvania by Governor Sproul to succeed the late Senator Boies Penrose. The appointment was made in the office of Governor Sproul. This photograph shows Mr. Pepper listening to the reading of his appointment by Governor Sproul, while Mr. W. W. Atterbury of the Pennsylvania Railroad and Justice von Moschzisker look on.