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Sam Rayburn

Samuel Taliaferro "Sam" Rayburn (January 6, 1882 – November 16, 1961) was a Democratic lawmaker from Bonham, Texas, who served as the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives for 17 years, the longest tenure in U.S. history. He is one of six Speakers to serve more than one non-consecutive term, and the only Democrat to do so. Along with Henry Clay, he is one of only two to serve three different terms as Speaker.

Early life

Rayburn was born in Roane County, Tennessee, on January 6, 1882, 25 days before Franklin D. Roosevelt, a fact noted by the news media while Roosevelt was President and Rayburn was Speaker. He was the son of Martha Clementine (Waller) and William Marion Rayburn. Rayburn graduated from East Texas Normal College (now Texas A&M University-Commerce) in Commerce, which was located in northeast Texas.

Career

He won election to the Texas House of Representatives, beginning his first term in 1907. He attended the University of Texas School of Law while a state representative, and was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 1908. During his third two-year term in the Texas House, he was elected Speaker of the House at the age of twenty-nine. The next year, he won election to the United States House of Representatives in District 4. He entered Congress in 1913 at the beginning of Woodrow Wilson's presidency and served in office for almost 49 years (more than 24 terms), until the beginning of John F. Kennedy's presidency.

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Sam Rayburn (American football)

Sam Rayburn (born October 20, 1980) is a former American football defensive tackle. He was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent in 2003. He played college football at the University of Tulsa.

Rayburn has also been a member of the San Francisco 49ers and Miami Dolphins.

High school career

Sam Rayburn was a member of the Chickasha High School football team, which was the 1997 and 1998 Oklahoma State runner up. Chickasha lost both times to Oklahoma City Carl Albert High school. In those two years the team went 25-3

Professional career

Philadelphia Eagles

Rayburn joined the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent from the University of Tulsa prior to the 2003 season. He played in 53 games and recorded 65 tackles and nine sacks with the Eagles from 2003 to 2006. He was released by the team on May 11, 2007.

San Francisco 49ers

On June 5, 2007, the San Francisco 49ers announced that they would sign Rayburn to a free agent contract. On September 1, 2007 he was released by the 49ers.

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'Sam Rayburn' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

A Single Woman (2008)

Actors: Judd Nelson (actor), Kamala Lopez (director), Karen Black (actress), Margot Kidder (actress), Patricia Arquette (actress), Frances Fisher (actress), Kamala Lopez (producer), Kamala Lopez (editor), Peter Coyote (actor), Elizabeth Peña (actress), Frances Fisher (actress), Mimi Kennedy (actress), Chandra Wilson (actress), Kate Connor (actress), Joel Marshall (producer),

Plot: A Single Woman is a distinct, lively portrait of Jeannette Rankin (the first American woman elected to Congress; also a suffragist, peace activist and reformer) that takes us from her childhood in 1880's Montana, to her last television interview in 1972. Deliciously political, occasionally chilling, ironic and idiosyncratic, A Single Woman illuminates the role of the individual in the American legislative process with a whimsical amalgamation of storytelling, high-powered discourse and communion. The program is a filmed version of the successful stage play.

Keywords: anti-war, congress, congresswoman, feminist, government, pacifism, peace-activist, suffrage, vietnam
Genres: Biography,
Taglines: Discover America's Real First Lady

Truman (1995)

Actors: Richard Nixon (actor), Holmes Osborne (actor), Zeljko Ivanek (actor), Michael Murphy (actor), Colm Feore (actor), James Gammon (actor), Pat Hingle (actor), Tony Goldwyn (actor), Leo Burmester (actor), Douglas MacArthur (actor), Richard Dysart (actor), Dwight D. Eisenhower (actor), Winston Churchill (actor), Gary Sinise (actor), Franklin D. Roosevelt (actor),

Plot: Biographical account of America's President for the latter part of WWII. Shows Truman's rise from small-town nobody to leader of the USA, his decission to use the Atomic Bomb against Japan, and subsequent election as the US' post-war President.

Keywords: 1950s, american-president, archive-footage, armed-forces, army-general, atomic-weapons, based-on-book, character-name-in-title, cold-war, cold-war-era
Genres: Biography, Drama,
Taglines: A Simple Man. A Legendary President. It Took A Farmer's Hands To Shape A Nation

Quotes:

Harry S. Truman: I don't give 'em hell, I just tell the truth and they think it's hell.

Bess Truman: I think like Harry - if you want a friend in Washington, get a dog!

[Upon taking the presidential office after Roosevelt's unexpected death]::Harry S. Truman: I don't know if any of you have had a bale of hay fall on you. Well, I feel like the sun, the stars and all the planets just fell on me. Don't expect too much of me.

Boss Tom Prendergast: I've got a job for you.::Harry S. Truman: Well, that's mighty nice of you. What's the job, dog-catcher?::Boss Tom Prendergast: How would you like to run for Congress?::Harry S. Truman: Well, Jesus Christ and General Jackson. The answer's yes.

Harry S. Truman: When the press quit crucifying me, I'll know I've been in this business too long.

[Talking about his wife]::Harry S. Truman: Say hello to the boss.::[Talking about his daughter]::Harry S. Truman: And the boss's boss.

Eleanor Roosevelt: Harry, the President is dead.::Harry S. Truman: Mrs. Roosevelt, is there anything I can do for you?::Eleanor Roosevelt: Oh! Is there anything *we* can do for *you*? You are the one in trouble now.

Bess Truman: [the Trumans have just moved into the White House] After all this time - our first, Harry. Our own house.

Eddie Jacobsen: [to Truman, at the signing of the document recognizing the state of Israel] God put you in your mother's womb, for this moment.

Harry S. Truman: [Truman refuses to leak an FBI file containing dirt on his political nemesis Joseph McCarthy] What the hell kind of word is "deniability"? [pause] I'm just the man holding this office. If I dirty it, the dirt doesn't leave with me when I go, it stays here to rub off on whoever comes after me from now on.

LBJ: The Early Years (1987)

Actors: Ian Wolfe (actor), Jerry Hardin (actor), Randy Quaid (actor), Tim Ware (actor), Michael Greene (actor), Frances Bay (actress), Bruce Gray (actor), Corey Burton (actor), Pat Hingle (actor), Kevin McCarthy (actor), R.G. Armstrong (actor), Barry Corbin (actor), Royal Dano (actor), Anne Haney (actress), Frances Conroy (actress),

Genres: Drama,

Famous quotes by Sam Rayburn:

"A jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build one"

"Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a good carpenter to build one"

"If you want to get along, go along."

"Leadership must be established from the top down."

"If a man has common sense, he has all the sense there is."

"When you get too big a majority, you're immediately in trouble"

"You'll never get mixed up if you simply tell the truth. Then you don't have to remember what you have said, and you never forget what you have said."

"Son, always tell the truth. Then you'll never have to remember what you said the last time."

"The real actor has a direct line to the collective heart."

"You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too."

"No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut."

"A damn independent boy; independent as a hog on ice."

"A jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build one."

"Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a good carpenter to build one."

"Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations."

"I like power and I like to use it."

"Too many critics mistake the deliberations of the Congress for its decisions."

"When you get too big a majority, you're immediately in trouble.'"

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