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RAYBURN, SAM

(Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn), 1882–1961, U.S. legislator, b. Roane co., Tenn. After his family moved (1887) to Fannin co., Tex., he worked at cotton picking. He worked his way through school, studied law at the Univ. of Texas, and practiced in Bonham, Tex. He was (1907–12) a member of the Texas legislature and in 1913 entered the U.S. Congress. A middle-of-the-road Democrat, Rayburn soon became prominent in national politics. In the 1930s he was the man most directly responsible for the passage of New Deal legislation in the House. Rayburn held the office of speaker (1940–47; 1949–53; 1955–61) more than twice as long as any of his predecessors; his great political skill and his intimate knowledge of the House rules contributed to his unique prestige as a parliamentary leader.

See biographies by A. Champagne (1984), D. B. Hardemane and D. C. Bacon (1987); study by B. Mooney (1971).

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I Never Wanted to Be Vice-President of Anything! An Investigative Biography of Nelson Rockefeller
Book by Michael Kramer, Sam Roberts; Basic Books, 1976
Subjects:	Rockefeller, Nelson A--(Nelson Aldrich)--1908-1979
...Radical or extreme right, 273 -277 Raichle, Frank, 263 Rauh, Joseph, Jr., 20 , 23 , 175 Ravitch, Richard, 152 Rayburn, Sam, 224 Readers Digest, 168 Reagan, Ronald, 15 , 324 Reapportionment plan, 93 -94 Reeves, Richard, 5 , 214 , 342...

The Private City: Philadelphia in Three Periods of Its Growth
Book by Sam Bass Warner Jr.; University of Pennsylvania Press, 1987
Subjects:	Philadelphia (Pa.)--History
...the edge of the park. The proposal was a typical City Beautiful plan of the kind then sweeping the nation. Mayor John E. Rayburn enlarged upon this parkway effort by requesting that the Board of Survey conduct studies for downtown traffic improvement...

Profiles in Power: Twentieth-Century Texans in Washington
Book by Kenneth E. Hendrickson Jr., Michael Collins L., Patrick Cox; University of Texas Press, 2004
Subjects:	Legislators--Texas--Biography, Politicians--Texas--Biography, United States--Politics And Government--20th Century
Fig. 6.2. Sam* Rayburn clearly expresses his views to President Kennedy and Vice President Johnson. Rayburn (Sam) Papers, CenterforAmerican History, UT-Austin (CN 07172). posed...*

The Politician: The Life and Times of Lyndon Johnson : The Drive for Power, from the Frontier to Master of the Senate
Book by Ronnie Dugger; W. W. Norton, 1982
Subjects:	Johnson, Lyndon B--(Lyndon Baines)--1908-1973, Presidents--United States--Biography, Texas--Politics And Government--1865-1950, United States--Politics And Government--1933-1945, United States--Politics And Government--1945-1989
...Alfred H. Nolle, April 10, 1957; Sam Rayburn, Oct. 22, Nov. 14, 1940...Maverick, Maury, Sr., to Sam Rayburn, Oct. 5, 1940, RL; Franklin...to RD, Oct. 3, 18, 1967. Rayburn, Sam, to R. H. Cochran, Feb. 10...

Public Men in and out of Office
Book by J. T. Salter; The University of North Carolina Press, 1946
Subjects:	Statesmen--United States, United States--Biography, United States--Congress--Biography
...John, effect on Sabath, 197 Rayburn, Sam, characteristics Speaker, 147...Truman for, 20 ; Cuba signs, 34 ; Rayburn supported, 153 ; Doughton supported...the speakership, 147 ; model for Rayburn, 157 RFC, hearing on before Senate...

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Otto Ernest Rayburn, an Early Promoter of the Ozarks
Journal article by Ethel C. Simpson; The Arkansas Historical Quarterly, Vol. 58, 1999
Subjects:	Magazines, Ozark Mountains, Personal profiles, Rayburn, Otto Ernest
...publishing venture was foundering, Rayburn produced a column, "Ozark...in the Sunday Tulsa Tribune. Rayburn also began weaving the network...Marinoni, May Kennedy McCord, Sam Leath, Coin Harvey, Charles...12 In his autobiography, Rayburn tells of a planned sabbatical...

Texas Women on the Cattle Trails
Journal article by Angela Boswell; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 74, 2008
Subjects:	Books--Book reviews, Texas Women on the Cattle Trails: Sam Rayburn Series on Rural Life (Book)--Book reviews
Texas Women on the Cattle Trails. by Angela Boswell Texas Women on the Cattle Trails. Edited by Sara R. Massey. Sam Rayburn Series on Rural Life. (College Station: Texas A M University Press, 2006. Pp. x, 326. $29.95, ISBN 978...

Promised Land: Solms, Castro and Sam Houston's Colonization Contracts
Journal article by Judith Dykes-Hoffman; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 76, 2010
Subjects:	Books--Book reviews, Promised Land: Solms, Castro and Sam Houston's Colonization Contracts (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews
Promised Land: Solms, Castro and Sam Houstons Colonization Contracts. by...Promised Land: Solms, Castro and Sam Houstons Colonization Contracts. By Jefferson Morgenthaler. Sam Rayburn Series on Rural Life, No. 19...

"In the Land of a Million Smiles": Twentieth-century America Discovers the Arkansas Ozarks
Journal article by Brooks Blevins; The Arkansas Historical Quarterly, Vol. 61, 2002
Subjects:	Arkansas, Economic development, Great Depression, Ozark Mountains, Regions, Stereotypes, Writers
...including Congressman Sam Rayburn, Will Rogers, and Harry...the Hillbillies, and Sam Leath, a Eureka Springs...American Folkways Series. Rayburn provided a good bridge...modernization. Like Randolph, Rayburn, who was born in Iowa...

Truman and the 1951 War Scare
Journal article by Frank Kofsky, Dominic Cerri; Nature, Society, and Thought, Vol. 11, 1998
Subjects:	Foreign policy, Korean War, Military draft, Political behavior, Presidents, Truman, Harry S (1884-1972)
...House of Representatives Sam Rayburn to step into the breach...response to "Speaker Sam Rayburns assertion that...employed by Mr. Rayburn." That days "news from...stubbornly slogged on, with Rayburn continuing in his starring...

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There's a Tear in Your Beer and a Levy on Your Lager
Magazine article by Sam Macdonald, Hans S. Nichols; Insight on the News, Vol. 18, May 13, 2002
Subjects:	Beer--Taxation, Center for Science in the Public Interest--Contracts, Consumer Federation of America--Contracts, Drunk driving--Mortality, Federal government--Taxation, Mothers Against Drunk Driving--Contracts, San Diego Youth Council--Contracts, Taxation--Economic aspects
...beer and a levy on your lager by Sam MacDonald , Hans S. Nichols...English. Under current law, Uncle Sam siphons off $18 for every 31...across from the Capitol in the Rayburn House Office Building. National...would not be unjustified." SAM MACDONALD AND HANS S. NICHOLS...

'I Do Not Choose to Run': Raising Issues, Hope and Hell
Magazine article by Jim Hightower; The Nation, Vol. 248, February 6, 1989
Subjects:	Democratic Party--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Populism--Analysis, Texas--Political aspects
...regional significance. While I was growing up in Denison, Texas, our Congressman was the old populist Democrat Sam Rayburn. Mr. Sam once said something that has stuck with me: "Every now and then a politician ought to do something just because...

Basic Training for Congress
Magazine article by Garry Boulard; State Legislatures, Vol. 20, July 1994
Subjects:	Legislators--Evaluation, State government--Analysis
...and House leaders from John Calhoun and Henry Clay to Sam Rayburn and Robert Byrd and Robert Dole have come from state...the elderly long preceded my joining their ranks." Sam Rayburn, who served as the speaker of the Texas House long before...

Lone Star Lawmakers Are Poised to Shine on the Hill
Magazine article by Sean Piccoli; Insight on the News, Vol. 11, March 6, 1995
Subjects:	Texas--Politics and government, United States. Congress--Texas delegation
...days of House Speaker Sam Rayburn and Senate Majority Leader...had since the Johnson-Rayburn days." But many, including...at the table offended Rayburn, who threw the Republicans...Relief Task Force * Rep. Sam Johnson (3), Dallas...

Russian Subsidies and Nuclear Security
Magazine article by Sean Paige; Insight on the News, Vol. 15, April 5, 1999
Subjects:	Nuclear nonproliferation--Finance, United States. Department of Energy--Political activity
...faded into the mists of history, including the legendary Sam Rayburn of Texas, John McCormack and Thomas P. "Tip" ONeill...this," gripes H.G. Dulaney, director of Bonhams Sam Rayburn Library and Museum, who called the 48-year House veteran...

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Remember Sam Rayburn; Unifying the Democrats
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, February 3, 2005
Subjects:	Rayburn, Sam
Remember Sam Rayburn; Unifying the Democrats. Byline...the House during the years of Speaker Sam Rayburn. How he managed a more diverse Democratic...the rest," Mr. Polsby writes that "Sam Rayburn basically closed the Democratic caucus...

Dispute over Items in Rayburn Library
Newspaper article by Hugh Aynesworth; The Washington Times, March 17, 1999
...congressmen say legendary House Speaker Sam Rayburn "confiscated" a few items from...is a lot of tradition here and Sam Rayburn built a lot of that." Don Carlton...had absolutely nothing to do with Sam Rayburn," Mr. Carlton added. The issue...

Refreshing Wind
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, July 13, 2004
Subjects:	Rayburn, Sam
...of his late counterpart, US Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn. Mr. Rayburn served eight successive presidents with Spartan rigor...his colleagues in the House to be infected with the Rayburn mystique. But they have made an excellent start that...

'Poland Knows Very Well'
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 14, 2004
...addresses the Congressional Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe at 2 p.m. in Room 2212 of the Rayburn House Office Building. * Sam Pitroda, who served as an adviser to former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, and Shekhar Tiwari...

Texas Angler Hooks Some Serious Catches
Newspaper article by Gene Mueller; The Washington Times, March 6, 1996
Subjects:	Bass Anglers Sportsman Society
...Bassmaster Texas Central Invitational on Sam Rayburn Lake. As the BASS tournament officials...day tournament was canceled. Sam Rayburn showed its worst side, as it frequently...incredible, somebody ought to name Sam Rayburn as the newest bass fishing Mecca...

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encyclopedia articles on: Rayburn Sam - 4 results

Rayburn, Sam
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
RAYBURN, SAM (Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn), 1882 1961, U.S. legislator, b. Roane co., Tenn. After...entered the U.S. Congress. A middle-of-the-road Democrat, Rayburn soon became prominent in national politics. In the 1930s he was...

Nacogdoches
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Tourism is also important; within the vicinity is the huge Sam Rayburn Reservoir and many lakes. A Spanish mission was founded...Austin State Univ. is a Spanish presidio built in 1779. Sam Houston and Thomas J. Rusk lived there. Four signers...

Johnson, Lyndon Baines
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...two daughters, Lynda Bird and Luci Baines. A staunch New Dealer, Johnson gained the friendship of the influential Sam Rayburn , at whose behest President Franklin D. Roosevelt made him (1935) director in Texas of the National Youth Administration...

Lufkin
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...chrome plate. Fullers earth is found in the region. Angelina National Forest, David Crockett National Forest, and Sam Rayburn Lake are in the area. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with...

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