[DOC] [TLE] Flawed Giant - The New York Times [PAR] Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, Johnson's fellow Texan and strongest ... He 
had hoped and planned for the presidency, but fate or the limitations of his time, 
... Sam Ealy Johnson, LBJ's father, was a hard-driving, grandiose character .... in 
the Senate, where he became the most effective Majority Leader in American... [DOC] [TLE] VP Lyndon Johnson - U.S. Senate [PAR] Johnson reached the dubious pinnacle of the vice-presidency after a ... It started 
on a farm near Stonewall, Texas, where he was born on August 27, 1908, the ... 
Johnson had also become a protg of his fellow Texan, Sam Rayburn, the ... In 
1950 the Democratic majority leader and whip were both defeated for reelection. [DOC] [TLE] Lyndon B. Johnson: Life Before the PresidencyMiller Center [PAR] Sam Johnson won election to the Texas legislature when he was twenty-seven. 
He served five terms before he switched careers and failed to make a living 
solely as .... Senate, and when the Senate convened in 1955, Johnson became 
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Dole ... Texan Sam Rayburn (who held the position for a total of 17 years),... [DOC] [TLE] Speaker of the United States House of Representatives - Wikipedia [PAR] The Speaker of the House is the presiding officer of the United States House of ... 
The current House Speaker is 2012 Vice presidential nominee and Wisconsin ... 
Previous Speakers have been minority leaders (when the majority party changes, 
.... One of the most influential Speakers in history was Democrat Sam Rayburn. [DOC] [TLE] Tom DeLay - Wikipedia [PAR] Thomas Dale DeLay is a former member of the United States House of 
Representatives, representing Texas's 22nd congressional district from 1985 
until 2006. He was Republican Party (GOP) House Majority Leader from 2003
05. DeLay began his career as a politician in 1978 when he was elected to the 
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... Twenty-five years ago today, then-President John F. Kennedy was 
assassinated. ... My husband and I were driving to Palm Beach Airport from Fort 
Lauderdale. .... was the Senate majority leader, the protege of fellow Texan Sam 
Rayburn, the... [DOC] [TLE] The Master of the Senate and the Presidential Hidden Hand ... [PAR] capitol, scholars have begun reassessing him as a leader and a president. ... As 
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they would start a Cold War of partisan politics. ... Johnson and Samuel 
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boys: ... a close friend to one of Texas' rising political figures, Congressman Sam 
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displaced Texans met at the Pythian Club to get the Texas State Society going .... 
House, Sam Rayburn, and the Majority Leader of the Senate, Lyndon ... October 
16 a glittering reception and buffet dinner for Society members was held at the. [DOC] [TLE] Lyndon B. Johnson - McGill School

Question: In October Sam Rayburn started a drive to get this Senate Majority Leader, & fellow Texan, the presidency
Answer: LBJ