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May 6, 2024 · Sam Rayburn. January 6, 1882–November 16, 1961. As a young man, Sam Rayburn audaciously declared that he would study law, enter politics, and one day serve in the United States Congress. He went on to spend forty-nine years in the U.S. House of Representatives, including a record seventeen years as House Speaker.
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The Sam Rayburn Museum documents the life and career of Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn (1882–1961). Rayburn’s tenure as a Congressman, from 1913 to 1961, spanned 48 years, nearly 25 terms, and 8 presidents. He remains the longest-serving House Speaker in American history. Rayburn played a key role in the passage of New Deal legislation and was ...
May 2, 2024 · Sam Rayburn Reservoir Fort Worth District Map U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sam Rayburn Project Office 7696 RR 255 West Jasper, Texas 75951 . Hours: M-F 8am - 4:30pm
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn was an American politician who served as the 43rd speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He was a three-time House speaker, former House majority leader, two-time House minority leader, and a 24-term congressman, representing Texas's 4th congressional district as a Democrat from 1913 to 1961. He holds the record for the longest tenure as Speaker of the ...
Sam Rayburn’s political career began when he won a seat in the Texas House of Representatives in 1906; he was 24 years old. While in Austin serving in the legislature, Rayburn attended and graduated from law school at the University of Texas. After two terms, Rayburn was re-elected to serve as speaker of the Texas House at age 29.
For nearly 50 years Sam Rayburn was a Congressman from Northeast Texas (1913 - 1961). For 17 of those years he was Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1940 - 1947, 1949 - 1953, 1955 - 1961), longer than anyone else in history. For thirty years, from 1931 to 1961, Sam Rayburn was the most important American politician who was never ...
