Reflections on Rayburn
By: James W. Riddlesperger, Jr. and Anthony Champagne, editors
Contributors: Wright, Jim, 1922-2015; Texas Christian University; Jim Wright Symposium (14th : 2015 : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 142
ISBN-13: 9780875656700
Subjects: Politics and government; Legislators; United States; Congresses; United States. Congress. House; Biography
Description: An interview and group of papers on the late Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, presented at the Jim Wright Symposium at Texas Christian University. Topics include his role in Texas and especially as the longest-serving Speaker of the House in US history. Includes his mentoring of younger House members and his friendships with LBJ and Harry Truman.
Notes: The 2015 Jim Wright Symposium was dedicated to the 75th anniversary of Sam Rayburn becoming Speaker of the House.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-135) and index.
Table of contents: title: Some called him Mr. Sam: Sam Rayburn remembered / Jim Wright; title: Memories of Sam Rayburn: a conversation / with Dee J. Kelly, Pete Geren; title: Sam Rayburn and the Fourth Congressional District / Anthony Champagne; title: Sam Rayburn and rural electrification: common sense for the common good / D. Clayton Brown; title: Sam Rayburn and the Texas Congressional Delegation / James W. Riddlesperger Jr.; title: Rayburn as leader: strategic agency and the Textbook Congress / Douglas B. Harris; title: Sam Rayburn's presidents: institutional, party, and personal power relationships / Douglas B. Harris and Garrison Nelson; title: All are welcome: Sam Rayburn House and Museum / Ashley Hodge.