Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn (1882-1961) served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives longer than any man in the nation's history.Sam Rayburn was born in Roane County, Tenn., on Jan. 6, 1882, t...
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On Tuesday morning before a standing-room only crowd in Room 2154 of the Sam Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill, former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, D-Maine — a man who ...
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When Sen. Patrick Leahy wants privacy, he heads down one of the Capitol's marbled hallways and through a locked door next to a hulking, white marble statue. Then, through another locked door, into ...
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Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn
A Debt of Gratitude Owed to Tom Davis
