| Other author/creator | Riddlesperger, James W., Jr., 1953- editor. |
| Other author/creator | Champagne, Anthony, editor. |
| Other author/creator | Wright, Jim, 1922-2015. |
| Other author/creator | Texas Christian University sponsoring body. |
| 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. |
| Abstract |
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. |
| General note | The 2015 Jim Wright Symposium was dedicated to the 75th anniversary of Sam Rayburn becoming Speaker of the House. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Jim Wright Symposium (14th : 2015 : Fort Worth, Tex.). Reflections on Rayburn. Fort Worth, Texas : TCU Press, [2017] 9780875656823 |
| Genre/form | Biography. |
| Genre/form | Conference papers and proceedings. |
| LCCN | 2017045049 |
| ISBN | 9780875656700 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0875656706 |
