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Sam Rayburn Memorial Student Center at East Texas A&M University, built in 1963. New Sam Rayburn Student Center replaced the old center, built in 2009. Sam Rayburn Intermediate School in Bryan, Texas. Sam Rayburn Middle School in San Antonio, Texas. Sam Rayburn Freeway is a portion of U.S. Highway 75 that runs through Sherman, Texas.
Official seal of the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Sam Rayburn, longest serving speaker of the House, 17 years, 53 days (cumulative) Tip O'Neill, longest uninterrupted tenure of office, 9 years, 350 days Theodore M. Pomeroy, shortest tenure of office, 1 day
Sam Rayburn holds the record for electoral victories, with 10. He led the House from September 1940 to January 1947, January 1949 to January 1953, and January 1955 to November 1961 (a tenure totaling 17 years). [5
The Sam Rayburn Reservoir was named for him in 1964 as well as the Rayburn House Office Building in 1965, which houses offices for members of Congress. His home in Bonham is now a museum and still ...
The 90th Congress was notable because for a period of 10 days (December 24, 1968 – January 3, 1969), it contained within the Senate, all 10 of what was at one point the top 10 longest-serving senators in history (Byrd, Inouye, Thurmond, Kennedy, Hayden, Stennis, Stevens, Hollings, Russell Jr., and Long) until January 7, 2013, when Patrick Leahy surpassed Russell B. Long as the 10th longest ...
The Sam Rayburn Reservoir was named for him in 1964 as well as the Rayburn House Office Building in 1965, which houses offices for members of Congress. His home in Bonham is now a museum and still ...
Sam Graves: R Missouri 6: January 3, 2001 Chair: Transportation and Infrastructure: 33 Rick Larsen: D Washington 2: Ranking Member: Transportation and Infrastructure: 34 Betty McCollum: D Minnesota 4 35 Stephen Lynch: D Massachusetts 8: October 16, 2001 36 Joe Wilson: R South Carolina 2: December 18, 2001 37 John Carter: R Texas 31: January 3 ...
The standing committees in the House and Senate are facing challenges as the world becomes more complex, making it harder for Congress to tackle new challenges, and the confirmation process for ...