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	Sam Rayburn
		Rayburn's congressional career spanned the particularly accelerated legislative activity that occurred during the administrations of Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Harry S. Truman; Rayburn was a participant in the passage of most of the significant legislation of the first half of the twentieth century.
		Rayburn became a close political ally of the powerful Texas congressman John Nance Garner and in 1932 served as Garner's campaign manager in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
		Sam" was awarded the $10,000 Collier's award for distinguished service to the nation, and this award became the basis of an endowment for establishing and maintaining the Sam Rayburn Library at Bonham.
	www.famoustexans.com /samrayburn.htm (1038 words)

	Sam Rayburn Summary
		Sam Rayburn was born in Roane County, Tenn., on Jan. 6, 1882, the eighth of 11 children.
		Sam", as he was widely known, served as the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives for 17 years, and is widely regarded as the most effective Speaker of the House in American history.
		Rayburn died of cancer in 1961 at the age of 79, and shortly afterwards was given the Congressional Gold Medal.
	www.bookrags.com /Sam_Rayburn (1263 words)

	Sam Rayburn Lake Visitors Guide
		Sam Rayburn Lake is a very popular fishing and boating lake located in east Texas about halfway between Beaumont and Longview, about 70 miles from each city.
		Sam Rayburn Lake is approximately 79 miles long and is the largest reservoir completely in the state of Texas.
		Towns in the area of Sam Rayburn Lake include: Redland, Lufkin, Huntington and Zavalla on the west side of the lake; and Woden, Etoile, Chireno, Denning, Augustine, Macune, Broaddus, Roseville, Bronson, Pineland, Brookeland and Browndell on the east side of the lake.
	www.sam-rayburn-lake.com (440 words)

	Sam Rayburn Guide
		Sam Rayburn Guide is dedicated to providing Sam Rayburn bass fishing and boating enthusiasts a venue for posting news about your bass fishing and boating experiences, questions and comments.
		Rayburn Realty is located on Lake Sam Rayburn in East Texas.
		Lake Sam Rayburn is the largest lake in Texas with 537 miles of shoreline.
	www.sr-guide.com (768 words)

	Jasper \ Lake Sam Rayburn Chamber of Commerce
		Jasper-Lake Sam Rayburn Area merchants along with the Chamber of Commerce is promoting Shop Jasper for the Holiday's.
		Keep your eyes on the sky because Santa Claus is coming to the Jasper and Lake Sam Rayburn Area on Friday, December 7, 2007.
		The Jasper-Lake Sam Rayburn Area Chamber of Commerce has contracted with CommunityLink,DFW Marketing and Village Profile to produce the City and Lake Area Maps and Directories.
	www.jaspercoc.org (261 words)

	Fishing Sam Rayburn Reservoir
		General maps are available at the Corps of Engineers Project Office at Sam Rayburn Dam (REALLY?) Topographic maps are available at local sporting goods stores and tackle shops.
		The most popular game fish at Sam Rayburn Reservoir is the largemouth bass; an excellent year-round fishery exists.
		Habitat in Sam Rayburn Reservoir consists of submerged aquatic vegetation, standing timber, and flooded terrestrial vegetation.
	www.tpwd.state.tx.us /fishboat/fish/recreational/lakes/sam_rayburn (463 words)

	United States of America Congressional Gold Medal Recipient Sam Rayburn
		Speaker Sam Rayburn, for whom the building was named in 1962, is represented in the building in an oil portrait by Tom Lea, a marble relief by Paul Manship, and a six-foot bronze statue by Felix de Weldon.
		Rayburn occasionally excused himself from the rule of party regularity when Democratic policies conflicted with what he conceived to be his responsibility as a representative from the Fourth Congressional District of Texas.
		Rayburn was elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1906.
	www.congressionalgoldmedal.com /SamRayburn.htm (5257 words)

	Sam Rayburn — www.greenwood.com
		Sam Rayburn, the very powerful Speaker of the US House of Representatives for 17 years between 1940 and his death in 1961, is the subject of the latest contribution in this series.
		Texan Sam Rayburn was an institution in American politics.
		Because Rayburn wrote little, the inclusion of some 80 oral histories by friends and associates of Rayburn is an especially valuable feature for the researcher.
	www.greenwood.com /catalog/CSR%252f.aspx (500 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online:
		Sam Rayburn, Texas legislator, congressman, and longtime speaker of the United States House of Representatives, was born near the Clinch River in Roane County, eastern Tennessee, on January 6, 1882, son of William Marion and Martha (Waller) Rayburn.
		Rayburn's congressional career spanned the particularly accelerated legislative activity that occurred during the administrations of Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D.
		Sam" was awarded the $10,000 Collier's award for distinguished service to the nation, and this award became the basis of an endowment for establishing and maintaining the Sam Rayburn Library
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/RR/fra49.html (1126 words)

	Sam Rayburn - TEXAS-TEXAS SALSA (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Sam Rayburn, Texas legislator, congressman, and speaker of the United States House of Representatives, was born in Roane County, Tennessee, on January 6, 1882, son of William and Martha Rayburn.
		Rayburn's congressional career spanned the particularly accelerated legislative activity that occurred during the administrations of Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Harry S. Truman; Rayburn was a participant in the passage of most of the significant legislation of the first half of the twentieth century.
		Rayburn's personal integrity was legendary: he accepted no money from lobbyists, he went on only one congressional junket in forty-eight years (he paid his own way), and he even refused travel expenses on speaking tours.
	www.texastexassalsa.com /samrayburn.htm (570 words)

	Biography: Sam Rayburn
		Sam Rayburn, the son of a cavalryman in the Confederate Army, was born in Roane County, Tennessee, on 6th January, 1882.
		Rayburn was a member of the Democratic Party and in 1906 he won a seat in the Texas House of Representatives.
		Rayburn who hated the railroads, whose freight charges fleeced the farmer, and the banks, whose interest charges fleeced the farmer, and the utility companies, which refused to extend their power lines into the countryside, and thus condemned the farmer to darkness.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /JFKrayburn.htm (1080 words)

	Human Dimensions Lab \| Texas A&M University \| Sam Rayburn Reservoir Anglers
		The sampling frame for this study included all Sam Rayburn anglers who were intercepted on the lake on regular creel sampling days by TPWD personnel from January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2001.
		When anglers were asked to rate their overall satisfaction with their fishing experiences at Sam Rayburn on a scale ranging from not at all satisfied to extremely satisfied, a majority (63%) indicated they were either extremely or very satisfied.
		In terms of the economic impact on the local economy surrounding Sam Rayburn, the total expenditures of $4,930,822 by non-local anglers in the area produced $7,765,272 of output as a consequence of direct, indirect, and induced effects.
	lutra.tamu.edu /hdlab/Projects/p56.htm (1809 words)

	Sam Rayburn Library Museum in Bonham, Texas
		Sam", as he was affectionately known to his friends and colleagues.
		Rayburn established the library and museum in 1957 as a tribute to the people of this cherished Fannin County, Texas.
		The Sam Rayburn Library and Museum exhibits photographs, original letters, political artifacts and personal memorabilia relating to important events in the life and times of Sam Rayburn.
	www.bonhamchamber.com /samrayburn_library.htm (163 words)

	Sam Rayburn
		Sam Rayburn (SSBN-635) was laid down on 3 December 1962 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va.; launched on 20 December 1963; co-sponsored by Mrs.
		The 28th United States ballistic missile submarine to be commissioned, Sam Rayburn conducted demonstration and shakedown operations on the Atlantic Missile Range, first manned by her blue crew and then by her gold crew, under Comdr.
		Sam Rayburn departed from Groton, Conn., and arrived in Charleston, S.C., before departing on an extended period of special operations.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/s3/sam_rayburn.htm (419 words)

	Texas Historical Commission
		Sam Rayburn, one of the most powerful and influential politicians of the 20th century, was in his second of 24 terms in the U.S. House of Representatives when he built a two-story home in 1916 on a 125-acre farm just west of Bonham.
		Rayburn's parents, his brother Tom and sister Lucinda moved into the home soon after it was built.
		Throughout his congressional tenure, Rayburn traveled from Washington to his Fannin County refuge to relax amid familiar hometown faces and enjoy the pleasure of working on the farm or on his nearby 900-acre ranch.
	www.thc.state.tx.us /samrayhouse/srhdefault.html (292 words)

	Lakehouse.com - Texas Lake Property - Sam Rayburn Reservoir
		Sam Rayburn Reservoir is the largest man-made lake located entirely within the boundaries of the State of Texas, and covers 114,500 acres at normal elevation in five counties, (Angelina, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Sabine, and San Augustine).
		Sam Rayburn Reservoir, formerly known as McGee Bend Reservoir, is dammed eighty miles north of Beaumont (at 31°04' N, 94°06' W).
		On Sam Rayburn Rayburn Reservoir, Mill Creek Park, operated by the U.S. Corps of Engineers, is a highly developed area on the lake's southeast shore.
	www.lakehouse.com /texas/samrayburn_main.htm (537 words)

	USS Sam Rayburn (SSBN-635) at AllExperts
		USS Sam Rayburn (SSBN/MTS-635), a James Madison-class ballistic missile submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Speaker of the House of Representatives Sam Rayburn (1882–1961).
		Sam Rayburn was selected and was deactivated on 16 September 1985.
		Sam Rayburn was decommissioned on 31 July 1989 and reclassified a moored training ship with hull classification symbol MTS-635.
	en.allexperts.com /e/u/us/uss_sam_rayburn_(ssbn-635).htm (557 words)

	Sam T. Rayburn History (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Sam Rayburn Middle School was named in honor of Sam T. Rayburn (1882-1961).
		Rayburn wa a lawyer from Bonham, Texas, who served for forty-five years as a Representative (D) to the US Congress.
		Sam Rayburn died of cancer at age seventy-nine.
	www.nisd.net /rayburn/campusinfo/samrayburn.htm (162 words)

	Sam Rayburn Biography
		Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn (6 January 1882 - 16 November 1961) was born in Roane County Tennessee and graduated from Mayo College (now East Texas State University) at Commerce Texas.
		When his career as Speaker was interrupted during the sessions of 1947-1948 and 1953-1954 during Republican control of the House Rayburn served as minority leader.
		The ballistic missile submarine USS Sam Rayburn (SSBN-635) was named in his honor.
	www.ebiog.com /biography/4712/sam-rayburn/bio.htm (267 words)

	Golf at Rayburn Country Resort
		The Rayburn Country Association owns Rayburn Resort which is a deed restricted community located at the Southeast corner of Lake Sam Rayburn, in Jasper County Texas.
		Rayburn Country Association annual meeting is generally held in October for the purpose of electing new board members and reviewing the Association business records for the previous year.
		The Rayburn Country Association was created in 1965 on a 1,000 acre track of timberland adjoining the new Sam Rayburn Reservoir.
	www.samrayburnlake.net /rca.htm (562 words)

	Rayburn Country Resort - Real Estate
		Residential, lakefront, farm and ranch and commercial properties in the Lake Sam Rayburn and Jasper region.
		Lots of Rayburn County's friendly residents have already chosen Rayburn Country for its high quality retired life, while many others of younger years have selected weekend, vacation homes or condominiums as their own special get-a-ways.
		Rayburn Country is loaded with hundreds of beautifully forested lots, some of them featuring secluded streams. Avid golfers who need to be close to their favorite sport will be glad to find a variety of undeveloped properties straddling Rayburn Country Resort's three oustanding golf course greens.
	www.rayburncountryresort.com /lake_sam_rayburn_real_estate.html (565 words)

	Sam Rayburn, and Rayburn House Museum.
		Rayburn himself was somewhat retiring, when compared with the pomp of today’s politicians, and lived a simple life.
		When Rayburn died in 1961--a year after Sam Rayburn Lake was named for him-- his funeral was attended by three presidents.
		Not far from the Rayburn House Museum is the Sam Rayburn Library and Museum.
	www.texasescapes.com /AllThingsHistorical/Sam-Rayburn-Home-1204BB.htm (551 words)

	Sam Rayburn Reservoir: Assessing Water Quality for Aquatic Life - Texas Commission on Environmental Quality - ...
		Sam Rayburn Reservoir consists of two classified segments: Sam Rayburn Reservoir (0610) and Angelina River / Sam Rayburn Reservoir (0615).
		Located in East Texas, Sam Rayburn Reservoir was created in 1965 to control floods, generate hydroelectric power, and conserve water for municipal, industrial, agricultural, and recreational uses.
		The TCEQ conducted a project to verify impairments in the Sam Rayburn Reservoir and to determine whether TMDLs should be developed for the parameters affecting the lake.
	www.tceq.state.tx.us /implementation/water/tmdl/36-samrayburn.html (437 words)

	Andrew Rayburn (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Rayburn gave the boy alcoholic beverages and marijuana prior to the sex act, the affidavit stated." The article also states that "Rayburn is suspected of similar acts on several children, all members of St. Mary's Church in Winter Haven..."
		Rayburn was a former Episcopal priest who was laicized on November 9, 1977 by the Episcopal diocese of Central Florida.
		On July 21, 1983, Sterling Rayburn pled guilty to count 1 of case #7902439, oral copulation of a child 11 years of age or younger.
	www.pokrov.org /Abusers/prayburn.html (849 words)

	Rayburn Country Resort - Lake Sam Rayburn Information
		It may be hard to believe, but this part of our beautiful state really does have thousands of 110 foot pine trees and the broad expanse of a 114,000 cubic acre reservoir called Lake Sam Rayburn (the largest lake wholly within the state).
		Yet, Lake Sam Rayburn, no doubt best known for its phenomenal fishing, is still one of Texas' ; best kept secrets for another reason; it's outstanding natural beauty.
		Below the Rayburn Dam spillway, the cool, clear waters of the Angelina river continue southward on their journey to merge with the Neches River.
	www.rayburncountryresort.com /lakeinformation.html (408 words)

	Sam Rayburn Elementary
		Sam Rayburn ISD was first started in 1964 with the consolidation of North Fannin and Telephone Schools.
		Johnston has worked at Sam Rayburn for 20 years as the elementary secretary.
		She graduated from Sam Rayburn and then went on to East Texas State University where she received her secretary certificate.
	samrayburn.ednet10.net /elem.html (144 words)

	Sam Rayburn - MSN Encarta
		He was born Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn on January 6, 1882, in Roane County, Tennessee.
		During the last two years of his 6-year term he served as Speaker of the state House.
		Rayburn won election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1912, the beginning of a distinguished and continuous career in national politics.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761554371/Sam_Rayburn.html (265 words)

	Fort Inglish in Bonham, Texas
		Offering a more intimate glimpse into the life of Speaker Sam Rayburn is the Sam Rayburn House Museum.
		Sam’s bedroom preserves the statesman’s strong personality and exhibits many personal mementos acquired during his half-century of public service.
		Operated by the Texas Historical Commission the Sam Rayburn House Museum is proud to maintain the atmosphere recognized by Rayburn when he said, "When I get away from Washington I don’t want to go anywhere else in the world but home."
	www.bonhamchamber.com /samrayburn_house.htm (191 words)

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