86th United States Congress
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The 86th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It
United States Capitol (1956)
The official Joint Resolution of Congress proposing what became the 23rd Amendment as contained in the National Archives
Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan
Carl Hayden (D)
Sam Rayburn
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Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn was an American politician who served as the 43rd speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He was a three-time House speaker, former House majority leader, two-
86th United States Congress
…Policy Committee Chairman: Styles Bridges Speaker: Sam Rayburn (D) Majority Leader: John W. McCormack…
Rayburn in 1950
The East Texas Normal College graduating class of 1903. Rayburn is in the back row second from the right.
Rayburn lived at the Wahrenberger House from 1907 to 1908 when he served as a Texas Representative for the 34th district and studied at the University of Texas School of Law.
The Denison Dam located in Rayburn's House district was authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1938. The dam created Lake Texoma.