Sam Rayburn

**Samuel Taliaferro** "**Sam**" **Rayburn** (January 6, 1882 – November 16, 1961) was an American politician. He served as the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1940 through 1947, again from 1949 through 1953, and again from 1955 through 1961.

He died of cancer at the age of 79 and is buried at Willow Wild Cemetery.

## Other websites

- Obituary, NY Times, November 16, 1961, _Rayburn Is Dead; Served 17 Years As House Speaker_
- _The leadership of Speaker Sam Rayburn_ published 1961, hosted by the Portal to Texas History.
- "Mister Speaker", Time Magazine, September 27, 1943
- RAYBURN: MR. SPEAKER (A feature length documentary about Sam Rayburn's life and career)
- The Friends of Sam Rayburn Website
- Sam Rayburn House Museum Website
- Address Delivered by The Honorable Sam Rayburn at the Dedication of the Marker over the Graves of His Great-Great Grandfather Col. George Waller and his wife Ann Winston Carr, Oakwood Cemetery, Martinsville, Virginia, May 6, 1951
- Associated Press, August 16, 2014 - Letter provides peek at personal Sam Rayburn

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **birthname**: Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn
- **image**: Sam Rayburn.jpg
- **office**: 48th, 50th, and 52nd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
- **term start**: January 3, 1955
- **term end**: November 16, 1961
- **president**: Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
- **predecessor**: Joseph William Martin, Jr.
- **successor**: John William McCormack
- **term start2**: January 3, 1949
- **term end2**: January 3, 1953
- **president2**: Harry S. Truman
- **predecessor2**: Joseph William Martin, Jr.
- **successor2**: Joseph William Martin, Jr.
- **term start3**: September 16, 1940
- **term end3**: January 3, 1947
- **president3**: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
- **predecessor3**: William B. Bankhead
- **successor3**: Joseph 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
- **successor4**: Carl Vinson
- **order5**: Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives, House Minority Leader
- **term start5**: January 3, 1953
- **term end5**: January 3, 1955
- **deputy5**: John William McCormack
- **predecessor5**: Joseph William Martin, Jr.
- **successor5**: Joseph William Martin, Jr.
- **term start6**: January 3, 1947
- **term end6**: January 3, 1949
- **deputy6**: John William McCormack
- **predecessor6**: Joseph William Martin, Jr.
- **successor6**: Joseph William Martin, Jr.
- **order7**: Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives, House Majority Leader
- **term start7**: January 3, 1937
- **term end7**: September 16, 1940
- **deputy7**: Patrick J. Boland
- **predecessor7**: William B. Bankhead
- **successor7**: John William McCormack
- **state8**: Texas
- **district8**: Texas's 4th congressional district, 4th
- **term start8**: March 4, 1913
- **term end8**: November 16, 1961
- **predecessor8**: Choice B. Randell
- **successor8**: Ray Roberts
- **birth place**: Kingston, Tennessee, United States, U.S.
- **death place**: Bonham, Texas, United States, U.S.
- **party**: Democratic Party (United States), Democratic
- **alma mater**: Texas A&M University–Commerce, East Texas Normal College
- **profession**: Law