Joseph W. Martin Jr.
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Joseph William Martin Jr. was an American Republican politician who served as the 44th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1947 to 1949 and 1953 to 1955. He represented a House
Martin in 1940
Martin early in his congressional career
Martin and Sam Rayburn at the U.S. Capitol
The gravesite of Speaker Martin
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-
Joseph W. Martin Jr.
…1947 to 1949, and from 1953 to 1955. The terms represented two Republican short-term majorities in the House, and Martin's two terms were bookended by Sam Rayburn, the Texas Democrat and mentor of Lyndon Johnson with whom Martin enjoyed a warm personal relationship. Probably the most controversial moment of…
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.