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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, Richard Bolling and Jim Grant Bolling, interview 1 (I), 2/27/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

, but I have Because when I first came to the House I was not "in" with Mr . Rayburn as I was very soon thereafter . I have no memory of meeting him, although I'm sure I must have . M: You became fairly quickly a regular in the so-called Board
Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
(With occasional comments by his wife, Jim Grant Bolling) Biographical information; Sam Rayburn; Bolling

Oral history transcript, Oren Harris, interview 1 (I), 9/3/1973, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

and supporter. M: What about his relationship with Mr. Sam in those years? Did you have a chance to see them together much? H: Yes, their association was quite close in the House of Representatives, and it was there Mr. Rayburn recognized Mr. Johnson's
Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
Biographical information; first association with LBJ in Congress; LBJ’s chief motivation and goals; 1943 and 1948 elections; Sam Rayburn; Charlie Murphy; oil/gas industry; Bob Kerr; Natural Gas Act of 1938; Senator Francis Case; Area Basin decision

Oral history transcript, J.R. Parten, interview 1 (I), 2/28/1976, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

on tidelands worked out by Speaker Sam Rayburn with President Truman had been effectuated and had not been killed by influential people and officials of Texas. The compromise agreement missed was since the states have oil and gas conservation departments
Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
Meeting LBJ in 1937 and early interactions; John Connally; Jimmy Allred; Alvin Wirtz; George and Herman Brown; Sam Rayburn's influence on LBJ’s decision-making; roles of Allan Shivers and John Connally in the Democratic convention of 1956; Parten’s

Oral history transcript, Ernest May, interview 1 (I), 5/27/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

connection with Sam Rayburn? M: No, sir. Mc: What kind of connection have you had with Lyndon Johnson? M: Oh, none. I knew him, but that's all. I met Mr. Johnson a long time ago. I voted against him and for him, and that's about it. Mc: Did you
Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
Biographical information; Judge Frank Culver; Sam Rayburn; LBJ; George Petty; Coke Stevenson; Dan Moody; Carter vs. Tomlinson; FDR and the New Deal

Oral history transcript, Juanita Roberts, interview 1 (I), 4/28/1965, by Eric F. Goldman (Item)

this is something that you want checked. R: I would. I would like very much to have this checked out. I don’t remember where I first heard it. But I have for a long time lived with this information that when young Sam Rayburn was elected to the Texas Legislature
Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
with his mother; description of Mrs. Johnson; Mrs. Johnson’s view of family’s economic status as opposed to LBJ’s opinions; Roberts’ impressions of the Johnson family; relationship between Johnson’s father, Sam Ealy Johnson, and Sam Rayburn; LBJ’s

Oral history transcript, Judge R.E. Thomason, interview 1 (I), 10/10/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

. Lyndon’s greatest and most important advisor when in the House was Sam Rayburn who took a great liking to both Lyndon and Lady Bird who were nearly always present at Sam’s popular Sunday Night parties held in his apartment. Sam, as Speaker, had an extra
Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
Biographical information; first meeting with LBJ; Sam Johnson; W.R. Poage; Ike Culp; Oveta Culp Hobby; LBJ as secretary to Congressman Kleberg;

Letter, Lady Bird Johnson to Lyndon B. Johnson, 2/19/1942 (Item)

•ib4fge.n hi• remark• by aay1ng that he be, U.eved hce' d. talked , th you. about tbi• beto..- you lett. ao no doubt you know more a.bout this than this ineN tr&gn1ent or • oonver•at1on. Ur. HoNaughtan bea:nted ,men Sam 1ntroduo•d ua tm4 aid that you were
Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
Social updates, discussion with Speaker Sam re: calling back military/active duty/reserves

Oral history transcript, Ed Gossett, interview 1 (I), 8/18/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

Committee, which took over-~ Oh, I was also on the Immigration and Naturalization [Committee], and that went over to Judiciary under reorganization. So I went with it to the Judiciary Committee. M: Now you mentioned Sam Rayburn promoting Lyndon Johnson

Folder, "Johnson, Lyndon B. [1944]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 25 (Item)

dignity. _ Present pressures indicate that Barkley is center of anti-Wallace bloc. Watch operations of Texas Power and Light to switch on Vice Presidency Rayburn or Jones as in 1940, to Barkley. Be prepared , if conven ient, not only to phone from
Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961

Oral history transcript, John E. Lyle, Jr., interview 1 (I), 4/13/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

his duties were such that he was constantly on the move. He went to the Speaker and had the Speaker talk to the Secretary of War, and I was ordered home through the Secretary's intervention. At that time, I had not met Sam Rayburn and did not know
Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
and the defeat of Kleberg; LBJ and Sam Rayburn; “Board of Education;” LBJ’s 1948 Senate race and the resulting controversy; LBJ, Rayburn and oil and gas support; Sid Richardson; the Leland Olds controversy.

Oral history transcript, Elma (Mrs. Sam) Fore, interview 1 (I), 7/12/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

until he was running Kleberg's whole shebang for him--his whole campaign. And he made our house his stopping place, back and forth to Corpus Christi. He'd and everything. Of course, Sam Rayburn was his friend and stop~and they'd discuss things
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Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
Biographical information; political contacts with Kleberg and then LBJ; LBJ as teacher of Carroll Keach, L.E. Jones and Gene Latimer and taking them to Washington; Sam Rayburn; Mr. Fore
Oral history transcript, Elma (Mrs. Sam) Fore, interview 1 (I), 7/12/1971, by David G. McComb
Elma (Mrs. Sam) Fore

Oral history transcript, John Sparkman, interview 2 (II), 6/9/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

recall, by a single vote. G: Do you recall how the fight went? S: He was supporting it. G: Yes, I had heard that Sam Rayburn had him be the floor leader for that bill. S: Do you remember that? I don't believe that's correct. Is that accurate
[For interviews 1 and 2] Sparkman and LBJ's careers in the House of Representatives; the Selective Service extension bill in 1941; FDR's handling of the PWA and WPA; LBJ's relationship with FDR and Rayburn; economic problems in the South; LBJ

Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1950" (Item)

The Johnsons spend Christmas of 1949 in Texas, having dinner and the tree at Mrs. Sam Johnson’s home and stockings at 1901 Dillman Street. January 1/3 Congress convenes; Sam Rayburn is sworn in as Speaker of the House. 1/4 President Truman delivers the State

Oral history transcript, Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr., interview 1 (I), 1/28/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

delegates and things of that nature . I came back to the Massachusetts suite . John McCormack was sitting in there with old Sam Rayburn, the Speaker of the House, and Wright Patman, the Texas congressman . I was very friendly with all three of them

President's Daily Diary entry, 5/5/1964 (Item)

of foreign students John Steele and Andrew Haskell (presented portrait of Sam Rayburn) To Cabinet Room to tape a message for J. Edgar Hoover In outer office reading newspapers w/ JV To Oval Office Sen. Russell Long (b.2) Secy Freeman (b.2) Secy McNamara (b

Lady Bird Johnson's Daily Diary entry, 1/15/1969 (Item)

with Felix de Weldon (sculptor) and receive bust of Sam Rayburn for the library. Tea. 4:10 Mr. de Weldon left. 4:14 Called Chester Newland. 4:25 Left the White House for Mr. Per's shop for shampoo and set. 6:09 Returned to the White House. Hurriedly changed

Oral history transcript, Anthony Buford, interview 1 (I), 6/20/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to describe the first time you met Sam Rayburn. B: Well, the first time I met Sam Rayburn was in the campaign of 1932 when Roosevelt was running and John Nance Garner was running as his vice presidential candidate. Of course, the Busches and myself were very
How Buford met LBJ; how Buford went to work for Anheuser-Busch; support for Franklin Roosevelt and how Buford met Sam Rayburn; LBJ's conservatism in the early 1940s; Anheuser-Busch business relations with KTBC; a Washington D.C. party the Johnsons

Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1955" (Item)

is 48 Democrats, 47 Republicans, 1 Independent (Wayne Morse). Morse votes with the Democrats to organize the Senate, giving the Democrats a 49-47 majority. The party ratio in the House is 231 Democrats to 203 Republicans; Sam Rayburn is once again

Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1956" (Item)

of Constitutional Principles,” criticizing the Supreme Court desegregation decision and pledging lawful means to overturn it. (Another “manifesto” is issued on 7/13 by 83 southern representatives attacking the civil rights bill.) LBJ and Sam Rayburn did not sign

Oral history transcript, Walter C. Hornaday, interview 1 (I), 4/13/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

that a man that's raised in the country is secretive about his personal affai rs, except to hi s very close fri ends. That \'Jas true of Sam Rayburn, although Rayburn recogni zed the differences between personal affairs and public affairs. It seemed to me
;’ Ted Dealy; Bobby Baker, LBJ’s right hand man; Sam Houston Johnson; eastern press; Ralph Yarborough; retiring in 1958.

Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 1 (I), 9/9/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of the Public Utility Holding Company act, or bill, which we were trying to get through. There was a very famous fight led in the House by the then Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Committee, who was Sam Rayburn. by Senator Burton Wheeler of Montana
Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
Biographical information; early recollections of LBJ; LBJ’s relationship with FDR; LBJ’s interests; LBJ’s 1941 campaign; LBJ’s relationship with Sam Rayburn; Maury Maverick; 1948 race; Walter Winchell episode; counsel to Democratic Policy Committee

Oral history transcript, William M. (Fishbait) Miller, interview 1 (I), 5/10/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

and they got along just wonderfully well . So Mr . Rayburn says, "Now, Fish, don't you ever get tied up that close ." I said, "No, sir, Mr . Speaker . I'm married, but I ain't gonna get that married ." F: I presume now Sam Rayburn had the same affection
Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
How he came to Washington; LBJ and Little Congress; LBJ as House doorman when Secretary to Congressman Kelberg; “Fishbait” as Miller’s nickname; dedication of the Sam Rayburn Library in Bonham, Texas; Sam Rayburn and his relationship with LBJ; LBJ’s

Oral history transcript, James A. Turman, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

the third time I'd lived there. We had a crop failure, went to Bonham for one winter, then went to most of my junior year in high school in Bonham, which is Sam Rayburn's home town, and then back to Gober where I finished school in 1945. But Gober is very
Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
Texas Legislature; Texas campaigns; John Conally; Sam Rayburn; bid for SWTSC Presidency; Office of Education; Civil Rights; Board of Foreign Scholarships

Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 1 (I), 4/13/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

against Allan. So I drove all What had hap- pened is that [Sam] Rayburn had put Lyndon's name in kind of against his own--without telling him too much about it. So Lyndon was put in the position there of running not as [just] the favorite son
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Johnson, Sam Houston
Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 1 (I), 4/13/1976, by Michael L. Gillette
Sam Houston Johnson

Oral history transcript, Edgar L. Ball, interview 1 (I), 1/29/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

- I - 9 B: When Sam Rayburn called a press conference and announced that he thought Lyndon Baines Johnson should be the next president of the United States, and in effect put Lyndon in the race for the presidential nomination. G: Why was Byron
Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
Formation of Loyal Democrats and Dixiecrats; Harris County Democrats; Frankie Randolph; struggle for party control; Sam Rayburn; Johnson's role; precinct organization; race issue; committeeman/committeewoman controversy; 1956 Democratic National

Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 5 (V), 5/10/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was that great friend of Sam Rayburn, Bill--I was trying to think of his name the other day, Bill-G: Kittrell. R: Kittrell, yes. He did the same thing; he got his money from all the big oil companies but he was out cutting their throats most of the time. G
Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
Walter Winchell incident; minimum wage bill; LBJ’s Dies Committee vote; John Nance Garner episode; Alvin Wirtz; Sam Rayburn; LBJ’s work on the 1940 Congressional campaigns; Appropriations Committee appointment; race for the Senate in 1941; the I

Oral history transcript, Palmer Hoyt, interview 1 (I), 7/29/1970, by David G. McComb (Item)

vigorous young man. M: Did you know Sam Rayburn before you knew-- H: No. I met Sam Rayburn through Lyndon Johnson and the others live mentioned. M: Did you just meet him socially or casually? H: Well, at first it is a little hard to remember
Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
How Hoyt met LBJ; Hoyt’s role as domestic director of the Office of War Information; Sam Rayburn; LBJ’s persuasive techniques; staying the night at the White House visiting with LBJ; LBJ’s public relations; 1960 election; Hoyt’s appointment

Oral history transcript, Margaret Mayer Ward, interview 2 (II), 4/22/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to Eisenhower in 1952. The issue was whether the Democratic Party was going to support the nominee in 1956 or not. And I suppose Johnson and [Sam] Rayburn, it was a challenge to them. They had to rescue the party from the Shivers turncoats, from the Democrats
Allan Shivers and Democrats for Eisenhower in 1952; the role of LBJ and Sam Rayburn in the 1956 Texas State Democratic Convention; Paul Butler and the Democratic Advisory Committee; party at Dewey Bradford's house; how LBJ won county and precinct

Oral history transcript, Mary Rather, interview 6 (VI), 9/17/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, some. But Mr. Johnson always won with a big majority of the votes. I don't remember how many votes Buck Taylor got but my recollection is it wasn't many. G: Now there was also some opposition to Sam Rayburn in his district, and I have a note
LBJ's growing popularity throughout the state of Texas in the 1940s; work in LBJ's congressional office; LBJ's 1944 congressional opponent, Buck Taylor; efforts by oil men to defeat Sam Rayburn; Lynda Bird Johnson's birth and her name; LBJ's love

Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 4 (IV), 6/15/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

for Dick Kleberg? this off on him?" G: Why do you wish Anyhow that was it. Well, you know, some people have suggested that Sam Rayburn was influential in getting that. Booth Mooney says that in his book [LBJ: An Irreverent Chronicle]. Do you know
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Johnson, Sam Houston
Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 4 (IV), 6/15/1976, by Michael L. Gillette
Sam Houston Johnson

Oral history transcript, George Sandlin, interview 1 (I), 3/3/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

talking about the 1952 campaign. Let me ask you to go into some details on the whole question of Sam Rayburn and Allan Shivers in the confusion, I guess we could say for want of a better word, of what sort of commitments the Rayburn group felt
' representation of the Texas Democratic Party at the national convention in 1952; Sam Rayburn's involvement in the Democratic National Convention in 1952; LBJ's role between Rayburn and Shivers in 1952; Wright Morrow's desire to be the Texas spokesman

Oral history transcript, Thomas G. Corcoran, interview 2 (II), 8/20/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

to you that you're not going to win this election unless you take Johnson on for vice president." F: This is long before Los Angeles? C: This is in Los Angeles, after the vote on Lyndon. I had gone earlier to Sam Rayburn--I was out in Los Angeles
Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
; Corcoran's work for LBJ at the 1960 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles; Corcoran's efforts to convince Sam Rayburn that LBJ should accept the vice presidential nomination in 1960; Mike Mansfield as Senator Majority Leader; Jim Landis; Ambassador

Oral history transcript, James P. Nash, interview 1 (I), 3/21/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

than he did from representatives of the major companies? N: Yes. I don't think he was too popular with the oil industry. As far as I know, he had very little support from the oil industry. Although actually, Lyndon Johnson and Sam Rayburn almost
Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
; Wilmer St. John Garwood's election to the Texas Supreme Court; LBJ's 1948 election to the U.S. Senate; the 1956 Democratic National Convention; the relationship between LBJ and Sam Rayburn; Nash's nomination as an alternate delegate to the United Nations

Oral history transcript, Eugene Worley, interview 1 (I), 10/16/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

kind of advice exactly does he give to a young Congressman about your relationships with the district and so on? W: Well, very constructive. He'd always followed that admonition that Sam Rayburn did, that a member of Congress has two constituencies
First acquaintance with LBJ; 1940 election to Congress; Rayburn’s advice to freshmen Congressmen; LBJ’s relationship with Rayburn; golf game with LBJ; poker game; deer hunting; horse racing; 1941 extension of draft; war naval career; LBJ’s 1948

Oral history transcript, Ernest Cuneo, interview 2 (II), 4/23/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

good luck. The first good luck was that the drawing of the Securities and Exchange Commission Act came under Congressman Sam Rayburn, chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission. As was so often the case in American history, the provisional becomes

Oral history transcript, Booth Mooney, interview 1 (I), 4/8/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

friendly to labor than not. I imagine they had some talks--if not he, perhaps his brother Sam Houston would have talked to some of them. B: Actually, I suppose the real question is how Governor Stevenson got the AF of L? M: That really is, and I don't
Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
Committee; Gerry Siegel; LBJ’s staff members; Sam Rayburn; 1956 fight between Shivers and LBJ; Byron Skelton; Mrs. Loyd Bentsen; Mrs. Frankie Randolph; The Lyndon Johnson Story; LBJ had to work for the 1960 campaign; convention politics; H.L. Hunt’s

Oral history transcript, Wright Patman, interview 1 (I), 8/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh This is an interview with Congressman Wright Patman in his office at 2328 Sam Rayburn Building, Washington, D.C., on August 11, 1972. The interviewer is Joe B. Frantz. P: Lyndon Johnson
LBJ’s civil rights interest; Sam E. Johnson; Ku Klux Klan issue in Texas legislature; farm to market roads; LBJ as secretary to Dick Kleberg; rural electrification; Russell Chaney; NYA; discussion with Rayburn regarding LBJ running for Senate

Oral history transcript, Earle C. Clements, interview 1 (I), 10/24/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of the House when I came there in 1945, and I wouldn't say that we were close together in those three years. I knew him. He was active and aggressive, and he had a peculiar entre to Rayburn that I never had until I later came back to the Senate. I knew him

Oral history transcript, David E. Lilienthal, interview 1 (I), 6/18/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

. The relations between Johnson and Sam Rayburn is something we might talk about in the course of this because it is not too well recognized--it has been kind of journalesed--but it was in that connection that Lyndon Johnson was able to be extremely helpful to TVA
LBJ-Rayburn relationship; LBJ as legislator; the 1960 Democratic convention in Los Angeles; LBJ and his domestic programs evaluated; LBJ and the watchdog committee for the AEC; LBJ's visit to Iran and his influence on the Shah; LBJ asks Lilienthal

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