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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Samuel Taliaferro "Sam" Rayburn
| image=
| office= 43rd Speaker of the [[United States House of Representatives]]
| term_start=January 3, 1955
| term_end=November 16, 1961
| predecessor=Joseph William Martin, Jr. of [[Massachusetts]]
| successor=John William McCormack of Massachusetts
| term_start2=January 3, 1949
| term_end2=January 3, 1953
| predecessor2=Joseph William Martin, Jr.
| successor2=Joseph William Martin, Jr.
| term_start3=September 16, 1940
| term_end3=January 3, 1947
| predecessor3=William B. Bankhead of [[Alabama]]
| successor3=oseph William Martin, Jr.
| office4= 37th Dean of the United States House of Representatives
| term_start4=January 3, 1953
| term_end4=November 16, 1961
| predecessor4=Robert L. Doughton of [[North Carolina]]
| successor4=Carl Vinson of [[Georgia]]
| office5=Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives
| term_start5=January 3, 1953
| term_end5=January 3, 1955
| predecessor5=Joseph William Martin Jr successor5=Joseph William Martin Jr.
| term_start6=January 3, 1947
| term_end6=January 3, 1949
| predecessor6=Joseph William Martin Jr.
| successor6=Joseph William Martin Jr.
| office 7=Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives
| term_start7=January 3, 1937
| term_end7=September 16, 1940
| predecessor7=William B. Bankhead
| successor7=John William McCormack
| office 8=U.S. Representative for Texas' 4th congressional district
| term_start8=March 4, 1913
| term_end8=November 16, 1961
| predecessor8=Choice B. Randell
| successor8=Ray Roberts
| office9=Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives
| term_start9=1911
| term_end9=1913
| office10=Texas State Representative for District 34 (Fannin County)
| term_start10=1907
| term_end10=1913
| predecessor10=Jesse Abram Thomas
| successor10=John Cunningham (changed to District 37)
| birth_date=January 6, 1882
| birth_place=Kingston, [[Tennessee]]
| death_date=November 16, 1961 (aged 79)
| death_place=Bonham, [[Texas]].
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| alma_mater=East Texas Normal College<br>[[University of Texas]] School of Law
| occupation=[[Educator]]-turned-[[lawyer]]
| spouse=Metze Jones (married and divorced in 1927)
| religion=[[Baptist]]
}}
'''Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn''' (January 6, 1882 – November 16, 1961) was an [[United States|American]] [[politician]] who held the longest tenure in history, seventeen years, as the Speaker of the [[United States House of Representatives]]. A [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] from north [[Texas]], he was the 43rd House Speaker and represented Texas' 4th congressional district from 1913 to 1961.
A native of Roane County, [[Tennessee]], Rayburn mowed with his family to Texas in 1887 at the age of five. He briefly taught school until he was elected from District 34 in the Texas House of Representatives. He obtained his legal credentials through the [[University of Texas]] at [[Austin]]. He was first elected to the U.S. House in 1912, when [[Woodrow Wilson]] defeated [[Theodore Roosevelt]] and [[William Howard Taft]] for the presidency. He continually won reelection through 1960 and died in office a year thereafter. An associate of [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[John Nance Garner]], Rayburn was a mentor to later [[U.S. President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], who served with Rayburn in the House from 1937 to 1949.
Rayburn became House Majority Leader in 1937 and was elevated to the position of Speaker of the House after the death of William B. Bankhead of [[Alabama]]. He led the House Democrats from 1940 to 1961, and served as Speaker of the House from 1940 to 1947, 1949 to 1953, and 1955 to 1961. He was the Minority Leader from 1947 to 1949 and from 1953 to 1955, when the [[Republican Party|Republicans]] under Joseph William Martin, Jr., of [[Massachusetts]], held majorities in two nonconsecutive terms of Congress.
Rayburn refused in the 1950s to sign the Southern Manifesto against school desegregation. He permitted committee chairmen to wield much of the authority in the House. He pushed for completion of the since abandoned U.S. Route 66 from [[Chicago]] to [[California]], which he called uniting the [[Frost Belt]] with the [[Sun Belt]]. He often said that politics should stop at "the water's edge," meaning partisan wrangling should not extend to foreign policy.
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| name=Samuel Taliaferro "Sam" Rayburn
| image=
| office= 43rd Speaker of the [[United States House of Representatives]]
| term_start=January 3, 1955
| term_end=November 16, 1961
| predecessor=Joseph William Martin, Jr. of [[Massachusetts]]
| successor=John William McCormack of Massachusetts
| term_start2=January 3, 1949
| term_end2=January 3, 1953
| predecessor2=Joseph William Martin, Jr.
| successor2=Joseph William Martin, Jr.
| term_start3=September 16, 1940
| term_end3=January 3, 1947
| predecessor3=William B. Bankhead of [[Alabama]]
| successor3=oseph William Martin, Jr.
| office4= 37th Dean of the United States House of Representatives
| term_start4=January 3, 1953
| term_end4=November 16, 1961
| predecessor4=Robert L. Doughton of [[North Carolina]]
| successor4=Carl Vinson of [[Georgia]]
| office5=Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives
| term_start5=January 3, 1953
| term_end5=January 3, 1955
| predecessor5=Joseph William Martin Jr successor5=Joseph William Martin Jr.
| term_start6=January 3, 1947
| term_end6=January 3, 1949
| predecessor6=Joseph William Martin Jr.
| successor6=Joseph William Martin Jr.
| office 7=Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives
| term_start7=January 3, 1937
| term_end7=September 16, 1940
| predecessor7=William B. Bankhead
| successor7=John William McCormack
| office 8=U.S. Representative for Texas' 4th congressional district
| term_start8=March 4, 1913
| term_end8=November 16, 1961
| predecessor8=Choice B. Randell
| successor8=Ray Roberts
| office9=Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives
| term_start9=1911
| term_end9=1913
| office10=Texas State Representative for District 34 (Fannin County)
| term_start10=1907
| term_end10=1913
| predecessor10=Jesse Abram Thomas
| successor10=John Cunningham (changed to District 37)
| birth_date=January 6, 1882
| birth_place=Kingston, [[Tennessee]]
| death_date=November 16, 1961 (aged 79)
| death_place=Bonham, [[Texas]].
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| alma_mater=East Texas Normal College<br>[[University of Texas]] School of Law
| occupation=[[Educator]]-turned-[[lawyer]]
| spouse=Metze Jones (married and divorced in 1927)
| religion=[[Baptist]]
}}
'''Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn''' (January 6, 1882 – November 16, 1961) was an [[United States|American]] [[politician]] who held the longest tenure in history, seventeen years, as the Speaker of the [[United States House of Representatives]]. A [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] from north [[Texas]], he was the 43rd House Speaker and represented Texas' 4th congressional district from 1913 to 1961.
A native of Roane County, [[Tennessee]], Rayburn mowed with his family to Texas in 1887 at the age of five. He briefly taught school until he was elected from District 34 in the Texas House of Representatives. He obtained his legal credentials through the [[University of Texas]] at [[Austin]]. He was first elected to the U.S. House in 1912, when [[Woodrow Wilson]] defeated [[Theodore Roosevelt]] and [[William Howard Taft]] for the presidency. He continually won reelection through 1960 and died in office a year thereafter. An associate of [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[John Nance Garner]], Rayburn was a mentor to later [[U.S. President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], who served with Rayburn in the House from 1937 to 1949.
Rayburn became House Majority Leader in 1937 and was elevated to the position of Speaker of the House after the death of William B. Bankhead of [[Alabama]]. He led the House Democrats from 1940 to 1961, and served as Speaker of the House from 1940 to 1947, 1949 to 1953, and 1955 to 1961. He was the Minority Leader from 1947 to 1949 and from 1953 to 1955, when the [[Republican Party|Republicans]] under Joseph William Martin, Jr., of [[Massachusetts]], held majorities in two nonconsecutive terms of Congress.
Rayburn refused in the 1950s to sign the Southern Manifesto against school desegregation. He permitted committee chairmen to wield much of the authority in the House. He pushed for completion of the since abandoned U.S. Route 66 from [[Chicago]] to [[California]], which he called uniting the [[Frost Belt]] with the [[Sun Belt]]. He often said that politics should stop at "the water's edge," meaning partisan wrangling should not extend to foreign policy.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rayburn, Sam}}
[[Category:Tennessee]]
[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Educators]]
[[Category:Lawyers]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Baptists]]