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Birth
Sam Rayburn was born in near the Clinch River in Roane County, eastern Tennessee on this day. -
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Sam Rayburn Lfie Span
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Becoming a Texan
The family moved from Tennessee to a forty-acre cotton farm near Windom in Fannin County, Texas. -
Going to Collage
At the age of eighteen he entered East Texas Normal College. -
Politician
Rayburn won a seat in the Texas House of Representatives -
House of Representitives
He took the oath of office as a member of the House of Representatives marked the beginning of more than forty-eight years of continuous service, the longest record of service in the House ever established (at the time of his death in 1961). -
Married
Rayburn was married to Metze Jones -
The Campain
He served as Garner's campaign manager in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. -
New Deal
He became the majority leader and then speaker of the House, Rayburn was responsible for guiding the remaining portions of the basic New Deal program through that chamber. -
Office Roles
He became majority leader in the Seventy-fifth and Seventy-sixth congresses fro three more years. -
Speaker of the house
He was elected speaker of the House to fill the unexpired term of Speaker William B. Bankhead. -
World War II
During World War II he helped ensure the legislative base and financial support for the war effort, -
Vice President Johnson
Rayburn supported his protégé Johnson for the presidency, and his approval was crucial to Johnson's decision to run for vice president with John F. Kennedy. -
Death of Sam Rayburn
He died of cancer at age seventy-nine and was buried in Bonham.