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    Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn (January 6, 1882 – November 16, 1961) was an American politician who served as the 43rd speaker of the United States House of...
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  • Sam Rayburn Reservoir is a reservoir in the United States in Deep East Texas, 70 miles (110 km) north of Beaumont. The reservoir is fed by the Angelina...
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    USS Sam Rayburn (SSBN-635) was a James Madison-class fleet ballistic missile submarine named for Sam Rayburn (1882–1961), Speaker of the United States...
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  • The Sam Rayburn Tollway (formerly the State Highway 121 Tollway) is a controlled-access toll road operated by the North Texas Tollway Authority that runs...
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    Sam Rayburn High School is a public high school located in Pasadena, Texas in the United States. The school is a part of the Pasadena Independent School...
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  • Sam Rayburn is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Jasper County, Texas, United States. Its population was 1,273 as of the 2020...
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    The Sam Rayburn House Museum is a historic house museum at 890 West Texas State Highway 56 in Bonham, Fannin, Texas. Built in 1916, it was home to Sam Rayburn...
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    East of Coppell, the highway functions as the frontage road for the Sam Rayburn Tollway, a toll road that runs northeast to McKinney. From McKinney to...
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    rented boat shed; four other victims were buried in woodland near Lake Sam Rayburn; one victim was buried on a beach in Jefferson County; and at least six...
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    between South Capitol Street and First Street. Rayburn is named after former speaker of the House Sam Rayburn. It was completed in 1965 and at 2.375 million...
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    the United States House of Representatives Sam Rayburn (1940–1947, 1949–1953, and 1955–1961). The Rayburn Museum became a division of the Briscoe Center...
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    Speaker, becoming the first former speaker to reclaim the gavel since Sam Rayburn in 1955. During her second speakership, the House twice impeached President...
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    position. One of the most influential speakers in history was Democrat Sam Rayburn. Rayburn had the most cumulative time as speaker in history, holding office...
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  • Lake Sam Rayburn. Less than two weeks later, a 20-year-old hitchhiker named Raymond Blackburn was likewise strangled and buried at Lake Sam Rayburn, and...
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    recruitment efforts in the United States prior to World War II. When Sam Rayburn became Speaker in 1940, he backed McCormack for majority leader, a key...
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  • Sam Branson Rayburn (born October 20, 1980) is a former American football defensive tackle. He was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free...
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  • ships marked with refit: Sam Rayburn (SSBN-635) was converted into a training platform – Moored Training Ship (MTS-635). Sam Rayburn arrived for conversion...
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    submarines and their nuclear reactors. The first moored training ship was USS Sam Rayburn (SSBN-635) a James Madison-class fleet ballistic missile submarine, redesignated...
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    short-term majorities in the House, and Martin's two terms were bookended by Sam Rayburn, the Texas Democrat and mentor of Lyndon Johnson with whom Martin enjoyed...
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    was signed into law by Roosevelt on May 20, 1936. Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn was a major proponent of the REA, which he helped pass in 1936 as Chairman...
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    The Sam Rayburn Library and Museum is a public research center, library, and museum at 800 West Sam Rayburn Drive in Bonham, Texas. It was built in 1957...
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  • Henry Clay, John W. Taylor, Thomas Brackett Reed, Joseph W. Martin Jr., Sam Rayburn, and Nancy Pelosi. Altogether, there have been 65 occasions on which...
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    fellow Texans such as vice president John Nance Garner and congressman Sam Rayburn. On November 17, 1934, Johnson married Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Taylor...
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    and Doughton was dean for the old term's final months before Speaker Sam Rayburn became dean in the new Congress. Years as dean are followed by name,...
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  • served multiple terms and seven of those served nonconsecutive terms. Sam Rayburn holds the record for electoral victories, with 10. He led the House from...
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    12–14 194810 Convention Hall, Philadelphia Pennsylvania [data missing] Sam Rayburn of Texas 1948 platform 1 Harry S. Truman of Missouri (speech) Alben W...
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    after a long illness. Vinson did not have children, but his great-nephew, Sam Nunn, served as a Senator from Georgia for more than 24 years. Nunn followed...
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  • eastbound Sam Rayburn Tollway with northbound I-35E goes over the fifth-level ramps connecting I-35E in both directions with the Sam Rayburn Tollway. The...
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    partnership between private enterprise and the U. S. Government in that the Sam Rayburn Municipal Power Agency (SRMPA) paid for the entire project in advance...
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    495 km2 natural 32 Pyramid Lake Nevada 183 sq mi 474 km2 natural 33 Sam Rayburn Reservoir Texas 179 sq mi 464 km2 man-made 34 Eufaula Lake Oklahoma 169 sq mi...
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