Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961

LC control no.	n 83063388
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Rayburn, Sam Taliaferro, 1882-1961 Rayburn, Samuel Taliaferro, 1882-1961
Birth date	18820106
Death date	19611116
Place of birth	Roane County (Tenn.)
Place of death	Bonham (Tex.)
Affiliation	Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives United States. Congress. House
Profession or occupation	Lawyers Legislators--United States
Found in	U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Bureau of war-risk insurance ... Report ... 1917. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, via WWW, November 8, 2013 (Rayburn, Samuel Taliaferro (1882 - 1961); a Representative from Texas; born near Kingston, Roane County, Tenn., January 6, 1882; moved to Fannin County, Tex., in 1887 with his parents who settled near Windom; attended the rural schools and was graduated from the East Texas Normal College, Commerce, Tex., in 1903; studied law at the University of Texas at Austin; was admitted to the bar in 1908 and commenced practice in Bonham, Fannin County, Tex.; member of the State house of representatives, 1907-1913, and served as speaker during the last two years; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third and to the twenty-four succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1913, until his death; chairman, Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Seventy-second, Seventy-third, and Seventy-fourth Congresses); majority leader (Seventy-fifth and Seventy-sixth Congresses), minority leader (Eightieth and Eighty-third Congresses); elected Speaker of the House of Representatives September 16, 1940, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Speaker William B. Bankhead; reelected Speaker in the Seventy-seventh, Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, Eighty-first, Eighty-second, Eighty-fourth, Eighty-fifth, Eighty-sixth, and Eighty-seventh Congresses; died in Bonham, Tex., November 16, 1961)
Associated language	eng