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Oral history transcript, Sid Davis, interview 1 (I), 5/10/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

president. I had covered the 1960 Democratic convention so I knew something about the negotiations that went on between Sam Rayburn and Bobby [Kennedy] for Johnson to go on the ticket. G: Tell me your insights there. D: Well, as I said, I didn't know

Oral history transcript, Barry Goldwater, interview 1 (I), 6/26/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

with Nixon because it would help him [Johnson]. F: He'd be in a position when he called the White House that he could go on over and talk about it. G: That's right. F: Did you have any relationship with Sam Rayburn? LBJ Presidential Library http

Oral history transcript, Lister Hill, interview 1 (I), 2/1/1971, by T.H. Baker (Item)

about him in those days? H: I don't recall anything special. You have to realize that he had two fellow Texans who occupied very prominent positions there. was John Nance Garner and the other was Sam Rayburn. One Naturally they would overshadow

Oral history transcript, John H. Crooker, Jr., interview 1 (I), 11/28/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

: When we did get the headquarters opened, Lyndon B. Johnson for President, Harris County Headquarters, 1501 Texas Avenue, by this time Speaker [Sam] Rayburn and Governor [Price] Daniel had agreed to serve as Texas' honorary co-chairmen and the two Harris

Oral history transcript, Edward Joseph, interview 2 (II), 2/23/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. G: But wasn't he elected again later on? J: I don't think so. G: Is that right? J: I don't think so. second daddy. to me." problem~ how did he keep getting elected? Now Lyndon always talked about Sam Rayburn being a Lyndon \'lOuld talk
Sam Ealy Johnson; political campaigns; LBJ Ranch; LBJ and Catholicism; TV station KTBC

Oral history transcript, William B. Macomber, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/17/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh -8recommend the veto." He got on the phone and he got hold of Mr. Rayburn; and he said, "Sam, you heard what your fellows are trying to do to this AID Bill?" I don't think Mr. Rayburn had heard about

Oral history transcript, Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., interview 2 (II), 8/1/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

funny thing. I was standing near Sam Rayburn on the floor. When the voice vote was over, Collins) the permanent chairman; hesitated. He was standing there and he hesitated to call the vote. The reason why he could legitimately hesitate

Oral history transcript, Dorothy J. Nichols, interview 1 (I), 9/24/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

if you'll just tell Ine. you're her sister. And he said, "I I won't tell anybody that 11 I said, "But I'm not. II F: I see. He was on the trail of something. N: And, of course, I think a lot of the Congressmen would meet with Speaker Rayburn
Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
LBJ’s teaching days in Cotulla; office in Johnson City; Mrs. Nichols’ marriage; Pat Moreland; Russell Brown; Phil Nichols; answering of correspondence; LCRA electricity project; FDR and LBJ; Sam Rayburn’s “Board of Education;” Hardy Hollers campaign

Oral history transcript, Thurgood Marshall, interview 1 (I), 7/10/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

in Congress, got very angry with him and stayed angry until he died, as a matter of fact. B: On what basis? M: He just wouldn't support any of the legislation the NAACP was after. Walter White chalked it up to his great admiration for Sam Rayburn. He

Oral history transcript, George McGovern, interview 2 (II), 2/3/2011, by Mark Updegrove (Item)

Congresses, beginning in 1957. Can you talk about what that was like for you? M: Well it seemed to me that, in terms of the political situation, that [Dwight] Eisenhower and Sam Rayburn, the speaker of the house, and Lyndon Johnson, the majority leader

Oral history transcript, Clark M. Clifford, interview 2 (II), 7/2/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

would arise that involved the Justice Department. I was used as a general utility man. It seems to me that I remember at one stage in those early months that either President Johnson said it himself or he may have quoted Mr. Sam Rayburn that "you should

Oral history transcript, Joseph J. O'Connell, Jr., interview 1 (I), 10/23/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

Johnson as I would any important Congressman or Senator, as I got to know Sam Rayburn and other people who were important and interested in various things . On the Civil Aeronautics Board, I met him a few times, but he had very little direct interest

Oral history transcript, Dorothy Territo, interview 1 (I), 11/1/1983, by Claudia Anderson (Item)

/exhibits/show/loh/oh Territo -- I -- 14 file. T: Yes, absolutely. A: So that's how some of those files go back to 1937. T: Like the copy of the--well, there's a letter from Lyndon Johnson to Sam Rayburn remembering when he walked him down the aisle

Oral history transcript, Katie Louchheim, interview 1 (I), 4/1/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

not heed my words about waiting for the release until he contacted them, because I remember one of them, quote, "was out hunting." I'm pretty sure it was Lyndon Johnson; I don't think it would have been Sam Rayburn. But anyway, it was put out

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 4 (IV), 5/21/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and Sam Rayburn both. You see, the issue really was not worth all the fighting, that was the trouble with it. This was one of those symbolic issues in which it really didn't matter how it went one way or the other. In terms of substantive results

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 23 (XXIII), 9/5/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the Austin phone book and divide it up four ways"--he may have cut Sam Houston in on it; I don't know--"and just sit at the phone all day and ask everybody to go to the polls." And that was a gargantuan job, but remember, it was a very much smaller phone book
an apartment for John and Nellie Connally in preparation for their arrival; Connally's work as LBJ's executive assistant; Truman's 1949 State of the Union Message; children's birthday party for Sam Rayburn; Felix Longoria; the University of Texas purchasing

Oral history transcript, Val M. Keating, interview 1 (I), 2/2/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

when I remember telling him socially, even after the program was over, about lunch and who Lyndon brought to meet me as his guest. G: Who was that, may I ask? K: Well, Sam Rayburn was one, and a couple of younger men. any fuss about it. He didn't

Oral history transcript, Jack Hight, interview 1 (I), 1/9/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was--through [minority] leader to majority leader, and see that whole process unfold. Fortunately with Mr. Rayburn, the two of them were in the two top legislative offices, and of course, not that I was privy to a lot of their conversations, but just because

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 26 (XXVI), 1/9/1982-1/10/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and Ben Cohen were frequently there, [Fred] Vinson of Kentucky, who later became chief justice, and Roberta, several members of the Texas delegation, Wright Patman especially, an occasional newspaper man. G: You say Speaker Rayburn was a natural host
; Joseph Davies' home, Tregaron; Vice President Alben Barkley; Speaker Sam Rayburn hosting evenings in his home; socializing with Senate friends, such as Lister Hill and Millard Tydings; LBJ's business dealings with Mrs. Johnson's father; attending

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

Oral history transcript, Earle C. Clements, interview 2 (II), 12/6/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and attended all the Policy Committee meetings. If you'll take the record of Johnson and you'll take the record of another great Texan, Sam Rayburn, they generally felt like supporting the president to the extent that 2 LBJ Presidential Library http

Oral history transcript, Adrian S. Fisher, interview 1 (I), 10/31/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

of Ganson Purcell, who was getting ready to resign. Purcell died about a year ago. The initial pressure on this was coming from Ganson Purcell's sponsor, really, who was Mr. Sam [Rayburn]. Purcell had worked for the Speaker earlier, and they wanted a good
First meeting with LBJ in March, 1946; Ganson Purcell; James Rowe; Sam Rayburn; W. Averell Harriman; Truman’s anti-inflation program; General Counsel for AEC; Herbert Marks; Kenneth D. McKellar; Dr. Edward U. Condon; General McArthur; Richard

Oral history transcript, C.R. Smith, interview 1 (I), 10/24/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Interviewer: Thomas H. Baker Secretary Smith's Office, Department of Commerce, October 24, 1968 B: Do you recall when you first met Mr. Johnson? S: I don't remember the date; I don't even remember the year. Sam Rayburn was a friend of mine; I knew him

Oral history transcript, H.A. (Tony) Ziegler, interview 2 (II), 2/14/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

He studied, and even way back then Sam Rayburn and a lot of these old boys were advising him on the side. run into that several times. Now I I remember I went with LBJ down to Brownwood one time, Abilene one time. Then those newspaper owners

Oral history transcript, Wilbur Mills, interview 1 (I), 11/2/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

the rail on the House floor. F: Did you develop a fairly close relationship in that time? M: I thought we had a very close relationship, yes. F: I presume that Sam Rayburn sort of acted as, to use the expression, midwife in this in a way. M: We were

Oral history transcript, Beryl A. (Mrs. Lloyd) Bentsen, interview 1 (I), 12/23/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

e r Sam Rayburn; and sometimes S t e w a r t Symington would be there and sometimes Herbert Hoover, but there would generally be no more than six or eight of us. Kerr was there quite often. Bob I don't know why we wound up over there so regularly

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 28 (XXVIII), 4/20/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

leaking problems but I just think it was pure turf. They were afraid they'd be under the Civil Rights Division. G: It's interesting that two of the Senate opponents were Sam Ervin and Jacob Javits. C: Can I just mention something here

Oral history transcript, Lyndon B. Johnson, 4/16/1970, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

you describe the time when you and Speaker [Sam] Rayburn were present at the White House to issue a joint statement? J: Yes, they had the Democratic convention in Waco, and we discussed how best to avoid a big split in the Democratic Party. We

Oral history transcript, William G. Phillips, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, in certain areas. I think basically the question was that Sam Rayburn and Lyndon Johnson, too, took the more traditional view of what the role of Congress should be--that it should react to a presidential program, but the executive really had

Oral history transcript, M. J. Anderson, interview 1 (I), 6/6/1984, by Roland B. Hayes (Item)

that. They will talk to the person instead of going to the person that they put in charge of something else. I think we've lost in that area really. H: Do you think that the--how much influence do you think that Sam Rayburn had on Johnson's side? A: Oh, I think

Oral history transcript, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., interview 1 (I), 11/4/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

: Well, it was a sincere offering that no one suppe>sed would be accepted, Once he showed an interest tn it, John Kennedy felt an obligation to follow through on it and talked to Sam Rayburn and so on. As it developed and as the liberal revolt began

Oral history transcript, William B. Camp, interview 1 (I), 12/12/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

. Rayburn, who was then Speaker of the House, sent me down to this office out of the goodness of his heart. He had nothing to gain politically, LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral
Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
Biographical information; Sam Rayburn; Comptroller; career; Senator Couzens and Ford Auto Company; Roosevelt bank moratorium; commissioned as examiner; bank examination facets; FDIC; money deposits overseas; banking crisis; "Eurodollar;" secrecy

Oral history transcript, James H. Blundell, interview 1 (I), 10/29/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

ce in Los Angeles when he did becaase John Connally was opposed to his doing it ; Sam Rayburn didn't -.;;ant him to do it . But I think he Felt, and r certainly fell, that you can't turn down your party . If 'e had tur .aed is down and Jack Kennedv

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 42 (XLII), 11/5/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

; it was the Congressional Club. And on the social scene, first you had to catch your lion and of course the biggest lion rolling around in those days was an unlikely but wonderful subject, the Speaker Sam Rayburn, very socially charming when he wanted to be. And he went
from the Capitol basement; the Congressional Club; Sam Rayburn's social status; the downing of a U-2 spy plane in the Soviet Union; the May 1960 primary election; Dorsey Hardeman and a bill passed in the Texas legislature to allow a person's name

Oral history transcript, Felix McKnight, interview 1 (I), 10/4/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that real touch. Although the News was constantly prodding LBJ and Sam Rayburn, they loved Duckworth because they respected him as an individual. The News editorially was on Rayburn and Johnson quite a little bit, but Duckworth, he got a lot of beats from

Oral history transcript, Mary Rather, interview 5 (V), 9/9/1982-9/10/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

with Carl Vinson, say, different from his relationship with Sam Rayburn or Dick Russell? R: Oh, yes. Because with Rayburn it was so much more intimate. And with Russell, too. They became devoted to each other. The friendship with Vinson was not on the same

Oral history transcript, Joseph C. Swidler, interview 2 (II), 7/11/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was in the Interior Department's--I don't know what [it] was called. G: Power Division, I think. S: Power Division, yes. And he showed me this innocuous-looking little provision which he had arranged with the Speaker of the House who was also from Texas, [Sam

Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 7 (VII), 9/19/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

? M: When you consider the people, the Jews in the Roosevelt Administration that he must have been friends with. He was a friend of Bobby Lehman of Lehman Brothers. In fact, he called him often. He was a friend of the Ben Cohens and the Sam Rosenmans

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 19 (XIX), 2/6-7/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Individual problems are the bricks and mortar of the building of a congressman's reputation and whatever he stands upon. G: It's hard to imagine them moving in on Speaker Sam Rayburn. J: No, he was a bachelor and he lived in a very small bachelor
death; Harry Truman receiving the news of FDR's death at Sam Rayburn's "board of education;" LBJ's relationship with FDR; Milo and Tharon Perkins; President Truman's friends; LBJ's level of conservatism, especially following FDR's death; KTBC sending

Oral history transcript, Milton S. Eisenhower, interview 1 (I), undated, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

relationships were close from the very first. F: Without getting unduly partisan, at least Democratic partisans have always claimed that in a sense Mr. Johnson and Mr. Rayburn were two chief lieutenants of President Eisenhower on the Hill. Did you ever hear

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