Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961

President Harry S. Truman (left) with Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn (right) and Roy G. Baker, President of the Young Democrats.

Left to Right: Representative Charles Halleck, Speaker of the House Joseph Martin and Senator Sam Rayburn shaking hands after the passage of the Presidential Succession Bill.

President Harry S. Truman addresses the nation from Capitol Hill regarding the Railroad strike. (left to right) Senator Walter F. George and Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn sit in the background.

President Harry S. Truman addresses a joint session of Congress advocating a program for Universal Military Training. Seated behind President Truman is President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Senator Kenneth McKellar (left) and Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn (right). Others in the photo are unidentified.

From left to right, Chief Justice Fred Vinson, Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, President Harry S. Truman, and Secretary of State James Byrnes. They are escorting Secretary Byrnes to the airport to leave for the Paris Peace Conference.

President Harry S. Truman signs the British Loan Agreement in the presence of the Rt. Honorable Lord Inverchapel, British Ambassador to the United States and several others. From left to right: unidentified, Chief Justice Fred Vinson, Secretary of State James Byrnes, Lord Inverchapel, Sam Rayburn, and unidentified (with Truman in the foreground).

President Harry S. Truman attending a dinner sponsored by the Forty-Eight State Wing Command of the Civil Aeronautic Patrol at the Statler Hotel in Washington. He is sitting with several officers at a long table. (L-R) Major General Fred L. Anderson; Assistant Secretary of War for Air Stuart Symington; President Truman; Colonel Earl Johnson; Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn; General Carl Spaatz; and Brigadier General Bill Hall.

President Harry S. Truman takes the oath of office after President Franklin D. Roosevelt's death in the Cabinet Room, Executive Offices, at the White House. Left to right: Francis Biddle, Attorney General; Henry Morgenthau, Secretary of the Treasury (behind Biddle); Edward Stettinius, Secretary of State; Harry S. Truman; Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman; Harold Ickes, Secretary of the Interior; Margaret Truman; Harlan Stone, Chief Justice, United States Supreme Court; Sam Rayburn, Speaker, House of Representatives.

President Truman being sworn is as President. Others in photo, from left to right are: Philip B. Fleming, Public Works Administrator; John B.

Left to right: Sam Rayburn, Harry S. Truman, Alben Barkley, and William Boyle. Truman has his hands on the arms of Rayburn and Barkley. This was taken at the dinner in honor of William Boyle in Kansas City. Donor: Dorothy Girton.