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Sam Rayburn

Samuel Taliaferro "Sam" Rayburn (January 6, 1882 – November 16, 1961) was an American politician. He served as the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1940 through 1947, again from 1949 through 1953, and again from 1955 through 1961.[1]

Sam Rayburn
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48th, 50th, and 52nd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
In office
January 3, 1955 – November 16, 1961
PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Preceded byJoseph William Martin, Jr.
Succeeded byJohn William McCormack
In office
January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953
PresidentHarry S. Truman
Preceded byJoseph William Martin, Jr.
Succeeded byJoseph William Martin, Jr.
In office
September 16, 1940 – January 3, 1947
PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Preceded byWilliam B. Bankhead
Succeeded byJoseph William Martin, Jr.
37th Dean of the United States House of Representatives
In office
January 3, 1953 – November 16, 1961
Preceded byRobert L. Doughton
Succeeded byCarl Vinson
House Minority Leader
In office
January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955
DeputyJohn William McCormack
Preceded byJoseph William Martin, Jr.
Succeeded byJoseph William Martin, Jr.
In office
January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949
DeputyJohn William McCormack
Preceded byJoseph William Martin, Jr.
Succeeded byJoseph William Martin, Jr.
House Majority Leader
In office
January 3, 1937 – September 16, 1940
DeputyPatrick J. Boland
Preceded byWilliam B. Bankhead
Succeeded byJohn William McCormack
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Texas's 4th district
In office
March 4, 1913 – November 16, 1961
Preceded byChoice B. Randell
Succeeded byRay Roberts
Personal details
Born
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn

(1882-01-06)January 6, 1882
Kingston, Tennessee, U.S.
DiedNovember 16, 1961(1961-11-16) (aged 79)
Bonham, Texas, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materEast Texas Normal College
ProfessionLaw

He died of cancer at the age of 79 and is buried at Willow Wild Cemetery.[2]

Sam Rayburn Media

  • The East Texas Normal College graduating class of 1903. Rayburn is in the back row second from the right.

  • Rayburn lived at the Wahrenberger House from 1907 to 1908 when he served as a Texas Representative for the 34th district and studied at the University of Texas School of Law.

  • Rayburn's World War I draft registration card. In 1917 all 21- to 30-year-old men were required to register for the draft. In August 1918 it was expanded to 18- to 45-year-old men.

  • The Denison Dam located in Rayburn's House district was authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1938. The dam created Lake Texoma.

  • Portrait by Douglas Chandor, 1941

  • President Roosevelt delivers the Day of Infamy speech to Congress. Behind him are Vice President Henry A. Wallace (left) and Speaker Rayburn.

  • This 1947 Cadillac Fleetwood Series 62 was a gift from the House Democrats and House Republicans after he became Minority Leader. 142 Democratic congressmembers and 50 Republican congressmembers donated $25 each to purchase this car.

  • Rayburn and President Eisenhower shaking hands at the signing ceremony for the Alaska Statehood Act

  • Rayburn swears in Lyndon B. Johnson as Vice President on January 20, 1961 (1:19)

  • Rayburn's influence and great rapport with congressmembers and the Washington bureaucracy allowed the Rayburn House Office Building to be designed and built within 10 years. At 2.4 million square feet, it is larger than the next two largest Capitol office buildings combined.

References

  1. ↑ "Texas Politics - Speaker of the House: Samual T. Rayburn". texaspolitics.utexas.edu. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
  2. ↑ "RAYBURN, Samuel Taliaferro | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives". history.house.gov. Retrieved 2018-05-25.

Other websites

Media related to Sam Rayburn at Wikimedia Commons


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