Sam Rayburn
Appearance
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 | |
President | Dwight D. Eisenhower John F. Kennedy |
Preceded by | Joseph William Martin, Jr. |
Succeeded by | John William McCormack |
In office January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953 | |
President | Harry S. Truman |
Preceded by | Joseph William Martin, Jr. |
Succeeded by | Joseph William Martin, Jr. |
In office September 16, 1940 – January 3, 1947 | |
President | Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman |
Preceded by | William B. Bankhead |
Succeeded by | Joseph William Martin, Jr. |
37th Dean of the United States House of Representatives | |
In office January 3, 1953 – November 16, 1961 | |
Preceded by | Robert L. Doughton |
Succeeded by | Carl Vinson |
House Minority Leader | |
In office January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 | |
Deputy | John William McCormack |
Preceded by | Joseph William Martin, Jr. |
Succeeded by | Joseph William Martin, Jr. |
In office January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 | |
Deputy | John William McCormack |
Preceded by | Joseph William Martin, Jr. |
Succeeded by | Joseph William Martin, Jr. |
House Majority Leader | |
In office January 3, 1937 – September 16, 1940 | |
Deputy | Patrick J. Boland |
Preceded by | William B. Bankhead |
Succeeded by | John William McCormack |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 4th district | |
In office March 4, 1913 – November 16, 1961 | |
Preceded by | Choice B. Randell |
Succeeded by | Ray Roberts |
Personal details | |
Born | Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn January 6, 1882 Kingston, Tennessee, U.S. |
Died | November 16, 1961 Bonham, Texas, U.S. | (aged 79)
Political party | Democratic |
Alma mater | East Texas Normal College |
Profession | Law |
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.
He died of cancer at the age of 79 and is buried at Willow Wild Cemetery.[1]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "RAYBURN, Samuel Taliaferro | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives". history.house.gov. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
Other websites
[change | change source] Media related to Sam Rayburn at Wikimedia Commons
- Obituary, NY Times, November 16, 1961, Rayburn Is Dead; Served 17 Years As House Speaker
- The leadership of Speaker Sam Rayburn published 1961, hosted by the Portal to Texas History.
- "Mister Speaker", Time Magazine, September 27, 1943 Archived January 5, 2013, at Archive.today
- RAYBURN: MR. SPEAKER (A feature length documentary about Sam Rayburn's life and career)
- The Friends of Sam Rayburn Website Archived 2017-09-22 at the Wayback Machine
- Sam Rayburn House Museum Website
- Address Delivered by The Honorable Sam Rayburn at the Dedication of the Marker over the Graves of His Great-Great Grandfather Col. George Waller and his wife Ann Winston Carr, Oakwood Cemetery, Martinsville, Virginia, May 6, 1951
- Associated Press, August 16, 2014 - Letter provides peek at personal Sam Rayburn Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
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- 20th-century American politicians
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