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| term_end3=January 3, 1947
| term_end3=January 3, 1947
| predecessor3=William B. Bankhead of [[Alabama]]
| predecessor3=William B. Bankhead of [[Alabama]]
| successor3=oseph William Martin, Jr.
| successor3=Joseph William Martin, Jr.
| office4= 37th Dean of the United States House of Representatives
| office4= 37th Dean of the United States House of Representatives
| term_start4=January 3, 1953
| term_start4=January 3, 1953
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 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.
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 Santa Monica, [[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 matters of foreign policy.
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