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  Rayburn, Samuel T. "Sam"
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AffiliationDemocratic  
  1940-01-01  
 
NameSamuel T. "Sam" Rayburn
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Bonham, Texas , United States
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Born January 06, 1882
DiedNovember 16, 1961 (79 years)
ContributorRalphie
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Jan 27, 2022 11:10pm
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InfoRAYBURN, 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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RACES
  01/03/1961 US House Speaker Won 60.00% (+20.47%)
  11/08/1960 TX District 4 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  01/07/1959 US House Speaker Won 65.20% (+30.86%)
  11/04/1958 TX - District 04 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  01/03/1957 US House Speaker Won 53.04% (+6.54%)
  11/06/1956 TX - District 04 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  07/01/1956 US President - D Primaries Lost 0.00% (-50.70%)
  01/05/1955 US House Speaker Won 53.27% (+7.01%)
  11/02/1954 TX - District 04 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  07/24/1954 TX District 4 - D Primary Won 75.27% (+50.54%)
  01/03/1953 US House Speaker Lost 47.41% (-4.48%)
  11/04/1952 TX - District 04 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  07/26/1952 TX District 4 - D Primary Won 66.02% (+32.04%)
  01/03/1951 US House Speaker Won 54.23% (+9.15%)
  11/07/1950 TX - District 04 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  01/03/1949 US House Speaker Won 61.30% (+22.84%)
  11/02/1948 TX - District 04 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  07/24/1948 TX District 4 - D Primary Won 63.03% (+38.60%)
  01/03/1947 US House Speaker Lost 42.62% (-14.52%)
  11/05/1946 TX - District 04 Won 93.73% (+87.46%)
  01/03/1945 US House Speaker Won 56.85% (+14.21%)
  11/07/1944 TX - District 04 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  07/22/1944 TX District 4 - D Primary Won 55.40% (+13.05%)
  07/21/1944 US Vice President - D Convention Lost 0.11% (-54.07%)
  01/06/1943 US House Speaker Won 50.94% (+2.58%)
  11/03/1942 TX - District 04 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  07/25/1942 TX District 4 - D Primary Won 77.54% (+55.07%)
  01/03/1941 US House Speaker Won 60.24% (+21.46%)
  11/05/1940 TX - District 04 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  09/16/1940 US House Speaker Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  07/27/1940 TX District 4 - D Primary Won 84.82% (+69.68%)
  07/18/1940 US Vice President - D Convention Lost 0.00% (-59.04%)
  11/08/1938 TX - District 04 Won 97.93% (+95.86%)
  11/03/1936 TX - District 04 Won 97.50% (+95.00%)
  11/06/1934 TX - District 04 Won 96.84% (+93.68%)
  11/08/1932 TX - District 04 Won 95.23% (+90.47%)
  11/04/1930 TX - District 04 Won 88.76% (+77.51%)
  11/06/1928 TX - District 04 Won 84.16% (+68.32%)
  11/02/1926 TX - District 04 Won 89.86% (+79.71%)
  11/04/1924 TX - District 04 Won 91.10% (+82.19%)
  11/07/1922 TX - District 04 Won 91.12% (+82.24%)
  11/02/1920 TX District 4 Won 77.64% (+55.29%)
  11/05/1918 TX District 04 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/07/1916 TX District 04 Won 83.54% (+73.95%)
  11/03/1914 TX District 04 Won 84.97% (+72.36%)
  11/05/1912 TX District 04 Won 89.55% (+80.92%)
ENDORSEMENTS
TX US Senate - D Primary - Jul 26, 1958 D Ralph W. Yarborough
US President - D Primaries - Jul 01, 1940 D John Nance "Cactus Jack" Garner