Bonham, Texas
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Bonham is a city in and the county seat of Fannin County, Texas, United States. Its population was 10,408 at the 2020 census. James Bonham sought the aid of James Fannin at the Battle of the Alamo. Bo
Downtown Bonham, Texas (2020)
Bonham High School
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-
Bonham, Texas
…Joe Morgan, Baseball Hall of Fame second baseman Sam Rayburn, politician, former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives James Tague, writer and a key witness to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy…
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.