Sam Rayburn

Full Name: Samuel Taliaferro "Sam" Rayburn
Date of birth: January 6, 1882
Date of death: November 16, 1961

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	34	Jan 10, 1911 - Jan 14, 1913	32nd	Democrat	Bonham / Fannin	Speaker	Fannin
H	34	Jan 12, 1909 - Jan 10, 1911	31st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Bonham / Fannin		Fannin
H	34	Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909	30th ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾	Democrat	Windom / Fannin		Fannin

(1) Democrat; roster of members of the 31st Legislature with biographical and party information. "Year Book 1909," Number 13, May-June 1910, pp. 408-415. Bulletin (Texas Department of Agriculture), 1910.
(2) Bonham, Fannin County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) Bonham. Texas Legislative Manual.
(4) Windom. House Journal.
(5) Windom. House Journal.
(6) Windom, Fannin County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(7) Bonham. Texas Legislative Manual.

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House District 34
Jan 10, 1911 - Jan 14, 1913
Legislatures: 32nd
Speaker
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Bonham / Fannin
Counties in district: Fannin

House District 34
Jan 12, 1909 - Jan 10, 1911
Legislatures: 31st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Bonham / Fannin
Counties in district: Fannin

House District 34
Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909
Legislatures: 30th ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Windom / Fannin
Counties in district: Fannin

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Resolutions and Journal entries

51st Legislature, R.S., HCR 49, invitation to address the House and Senate. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
51st Legislature, R.S., SR 82, Jackson Day Dinner visit, March 24, 1949. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
52nd Legislature, R.S., HCR 22, Rayburn's 3,057th day as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
54th Legislature, R.S., HCR 82, Sam Rayburn Day, April 16, 1955, Annual Jefferson-Jackson Day assembly. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
54th Legislature, R.S., SR 189, Annual Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner in Washington, April 16, 1955. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
57th Legislature, R.S., HCR 14, invitation to speak to a Joint Session of the House and Senate. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
57th Legislature, R.S., HSR 646, Texas-Oklahoma Fair dedication. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
57th Legislature, R.S., SR 3, 1/10/1961, 50th anniversary of election as Speaker of the Texas House. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
57th Legislature, 3rd C.S., HSR 1. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Book in LRL collection, 923.2764 R213S 1978. "Speak, Mister Speaker," 1st ed., 1978.
RAYBURN, Samuel Taliaferro (1882-1961). Representative, TX; Speaker of the House, US. Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress.
Book in LRL collection, 923.2764 R213C. Congressman Sam Rayburn, 1984.
Mr. Sam Rayburn, birth date 1/6/1882, death date 11/16/1961, photo, burial in Willow Wild Cemetery, Bonham, Fannin County. "His home in Bonham, Texas is preserved as a memorial by the Texas Historical Commission. The Sam Rayburn Library and Museum is also located in Bonham." Find a Grave.
RAYBURN, SAMUEL TALIAFERRO (1882-1961). Handbook of Texas Online.
Biography, tributes to celebrate the occasion of Rayburn having served as speaker twice as long as any of his predecessors in the history of the United States; sixteen years and 273 days; prepared and printed in accordance with House Concurrent Resolution 342, passed July 20, 1961, by the Eighty-seventh Congress, first session, LRL Collection, 923.2764 R213HD. The Leadership of Speaker Sam Rayburn: Collected Tributes of His Congressional Colleagues: a Compilation of Tributes Paid Him in the Hall of the House of Representatives, June 12, 1961, 1961.
42nd Speaker of the House of Representatives: Sam Taliaferro Rayburn. Photo and biographical sketch. "In 1908 he was admitted to the bar and moved from Windom to Bonham to open a law office." Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016, 2016.
Photos and biographical sketch, Profiles in Power: Twentieth-Century Texans in Washington, 2004.
Book in LRL collection, 923.2764 R213H. Rayburn: A Biography, 1987.
Book in LRL collection, 923.2764 R213. Sam Rayburn: A Biography, 1975.
Newsletter in LRL collection, 923.273 R213S. Speak, Mister Speaker: The Sam Rayburn Library Newsletter, 1980.

Other Resources

Sam Rayburn Museum. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin, 2006.
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn, birth date 1/6/1882 in Roane County, Tennessee; death date 11/16/1961 in Bonham, Fannin County, Texas; Congressman, House of Representatives. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
Sam Rayburn House State Historic Site. Texas Historical Commission.

Photographs

Photograph. Sam Rayburn, 32nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Sam T. Rayburn, 31st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Sam T. Rayburn, 30th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Samuel Rayburn, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

30th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
31st session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, north wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
32nd session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

31st 1st C.S. - 1909 Banks and Banking Common Carriers Constitutional Amendments Education Private Corporations
31st R.S. - 1909 Banks and Banking (Chair) Common Carriers Constitutional Amendments Education Private Corporations
30th R.S. - 1907 Common Carriers Constitutional Amendments Education Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Claims and Accounts State Asylums

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