Sam Rayburn
Tags: RAYBURN, Sam, 1882-1961; POLITICIANS; DEATH
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- SAMUEL TALIAFERRO RAYBURN. Baron, Robert C.; Scinta, Samuel; Staten, Pat // Millennium 2000 -- 20th Century America: 100 Influential People;1995, p98
This article profiles Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn, politician and former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. Samuel Rayburn was born in Roanoke County, Tennessee, to a family of eleven children. Rayburn graduated from the Mayo Normal School in 1903. He ran for the U.S. House of...
- NEVER LEAVE THEM ANGRY. Alsop, Joseph; Kintner, Robert // Saturday Evening Post;1/18/1941, Vol. 213 Issue 29, p22
Profiles U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives Sam Rayburn in 1940s. Political background; Challenges faced by Rayburn as the Speaker of the House; Characteristics of Rayburn as a politician.
- Reviews: Nonfiction. // Book Report;May/Jun96, Vol. 15 Issue 1, p55
Reviews the book `Chronology of the 20th Century.' Contains information from January 1900 to May 1995; Inclusion of the terrorist bombing in Oklahoma City; Death and birth of famous persons; Results of Olympic games; Fire at Boston's Coconut Grove Night Club; Death of speaker Sam Rayburn; First...
- A Fourth Term with Whom? // New Republic;1/31/44, Vol. 110 Issue 5, p134
Focuses on Democratic political candidates in run for the vice-presidential nomination in the U.S. Chances of Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House, being nominated for the position; Possibility of ex-Supreme Court Justice James F. Byrnes winning the nomination; Indications in favor of Rayburn given...
- THE DEMOCRATS IN THE SMOKE-FILLED ROOM. // New Republic;7/12/48, Vol. 119 Issue 2, p16
Presents a character sketch of the officials who lead various factions inside the U.S. Democratic Party. State party leadership held by Bronx, New York-based Ed Flynn during the height of his influence; Political career of James Roosevelt, the eldest son of former President Franklin Roosevelt;...
- JOHNSON SPEAKING. // Saturday Evening Post;1/24/1959, Vol. 231 Issue 30, p15
Presents an interview with U.S. Senator Lyndon Baines Johnson. Reputation as the second most powerful in the U.S.; Discussion on how he does his job as majority leader in the U.S. Senate; Discussion on the U.S. foreign policy and his relation with the U.S. President; Views on his old friend and...
- A Fourth Term with Whom? // New Republic;1/31/44, Vol. 110 Issue 5, p134
Focuses on Democratic political candidates in run for the vice-presidential nomination in the U.S. Chances of Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House, being nominated for the position; Possibility of ex-Supreme Court Justice James F. Byrnes winning the nomination; Indications in favor of Rayburn given...
- Lawmaker of the Century. Ratliff, John // Texas Monthly;Dec99, Vol. 27 Issue 12, p190
Features Texas legislator Sam Rayburn.
- For Past Blood Shed,Change Name of Senate Russell Building. CRASS, SCOTT // Moderate Voice;03/07/2013, p2
The article offers information on former U.S. senator Richard Russell and others on whose name six office buildings have been named. It states that Russell fought for farmers, soil conservation and hydroelectric energy. It mentions that name of the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington...
