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Affiliation | Democratic |
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Name | Samuel T. "Sam" Rayburn |
Address | Bonham, Texas , United States |
Email | None |
Website | None |
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January 06, 1882
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Died | November 16, 1961
(79 years)
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Contributor | Ralphie |
Last Modifed | RBH Jan 27, 2022 11:10pm |
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Info | RAYBURN, Samuel Taliaferro, a Representative from Texas; born near Kingston, Roane County, Tenn., January 6, 1882; moved to Fannin County, Tex., in 1887 with his parents who settled near Windom; attended the rural schools and was graduated from the East Texas Normal College, Commerce, Tex., in 1903; studied law at the University of Texas at Austin; was admitted to the bar in 1908 and commenced practice in Bonham, Fannin County, Tex.
State House 1907-1913; speaker 1911-1913
U.S. Representative (D-TX) 1913-1961 (died in office); chairman, Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Seventy-second, Seventy-third, and Seventy-fourth Congresses); majority leader (Seventy-fifth and Seventy-sixth Congresses)
Speaker of the House of Representatives 1940-1947, 1949-1953, 1955-1961
Minority Leader, 1947-1949 and 1953-1955
Died in Bonham TX, 11/16/1961; interment in Willow Wild Cemetery.
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