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Oral history transcript, Walter G. Hall, interview 1 (I), 6/30/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • Rayburn was anxious for him to head that delegation. So, we felt with great optimism that with the help of LBJ and Sam Rayburn we had the means to have the Democratic Executive Committee take the liberal road, and we also felt that once that was done
  • Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
Oral history transcript, James C. Wright, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/30/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • no great trouble in Chicago that year, in going along then with the nominees? W: No, not at all. Of course, Lyndon Johnson was the leader of the delegation; Sam Rayburn was its grand vizier. They worked together, LBJ Presidential Library http
  • The 1948 campaign; elected to Congress in 1954; first meeting LBJ in 1947; LBJ and the McCarthy censure; LBJ and the Texas delegation; LBJ, Rayburn, and the Civil Rights Bill of 1957; helping LBJ with legislation in the House; Vice President LBJ
Oral history transcript, Donald C. Cook, interview 1 (I), 6/30/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh COOK -- I -- 5 patron and the other being the protégé really wasn't much involved. B: Was the relationship between Mr. Johnson and Speaker Sam Rayburn also obvious