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Reflections on Rayburn
- Title
- Reflections on Rayburn / James W. Riddlesperger, Jr. and Anthony Champagne, editors.
- Author
- Jim Wright Symposium (14th : 2015 : Fort Worth, Tex.), author.
- Publication
- Fort Worth, Texas : TCU Press, [2017]
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- Description
- 142 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- An interview and group of papers on the late Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, presented at the Jim Wright Symposium at Texas Christian University. Topics include his role in Texas and especially as the longest-serving Speaker of the House in US history. Includes his mentoring of younger House members and his friendships with LBJ and Harry Truman.
- Subjects
- United States
- Legislators
- Texas
- United States > Congress > House
- Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
- Political science
- Legislators > United States > Biography
- United States > Politics and government > 1901-1953
- 1865-1953
- United States > Congress > House > Biography
- Texas > Politics and government > 1865-1950
- Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961 > Congresses
- Biography
- Conference papers and proceedings
- Politics and government
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Note
- The 2015 Jim Wright Symposium was dedicated to the 75th anniversary of Sam Rayburn becoming Speaker of the House.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-135) and index.
- Contents
- Some called him Mr. Sam: Sam Rayburn remembered / Jim Wright -- Memories of Sam Rayburn: a conversation / with Dee J. Kelly, Pete Geren -- Sam Rayburn and the Fourth Congressional District / Anthony Champagne -- Sam Rayburn and rural electrification: common sense for the common good / D. Clayton Brown -- Sam Rayburn and the Texas Congressional Delegation / James W. Riddlesperger Jr. -- Rayburn as leader: strategic agency and the Textbook Congress / Douglas B. Harris -- Sam Rayburn's presidents: institutional, party, and personal power relationships / Douglas B. Harris and Garrison Nelson -- All are welcome: Sam Rayburn House and Museum / Ashley Hodge.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-3788
- ISBN
- 9780875656700
- 0875656706
- LCCN
- 2017045049
- OCLC
- 987062293
- Conference
- Jim Wright Symposium (14th : 2015 : Fort Worth, Tex.), author.
- Title
- Reflections on Rayburn / James W. Riddlesperger, Jr. and Anthony Champagne, editors.
- Publisher
- Fort Worth, Texas : TCU Press, [2017]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-135) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1865-1953
- Added Author
- Riddlesperger, James W., Jr., 1953- editor.Champagne, Anthony, editor.Wright, Jim, 1922-2015.Texas Christian University, sponsoring body.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-3788