Sam Rayburn

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Sam Rayburn was a long-serving Democratic politician from Texas who became one of the most influential Speakers in the history of the U.S. House of Representatives.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
human
causeOfDeath cancer
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1882-01-06
dateOfDeath 1961-11-16
educatedAt East Texas Normal College
ethnicGroup White American
familyName Rayburn
fieldOfWork legislative politics
givenName Samuel
hasHonor statue in the U.S. Capitol
honorificEponym Lake Rayburn (Sam Rayburn Reservoir)
Sam Rayburn House Office Building
Sam Rayburn Library and Museum
ideology American liberalism
knownFor influential congressional leadership
longest-serving Speaker of the U.S. House at the time of his death
maritalStatus never married
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party
mentorOf Lyndon B. Johnson
nativeLanguage English
notableWork leadership in passage of New Deal legislation
support for Fair Deal legislation
support for wartime measures during World War II
occupation lawyer
politician
partyRole leader of House Democrats
placeOfBirth Roane County, Tennessee, United States
placeOfDeath Bonham, Texas, United States
positionHeld House Majority Leader
House Minority Leader
Member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
U.S. Representative
religion Baptist
representedDistrict Texas's 4th congressional district
residence Bonham, Texas, United States
servedIn United States House of Representatives
sexOrGender male
stateRepresented Texas
supported New Deal policies of Franklin D. Roosevelt
administration of Harry S. Truman
administration of Lyndon B. Johnson
termEndAsSpeaker 1961
termStartAsSpeaker 1940
workedIn Washington, D.C., United States


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