He was called “Mr. Sam.” For 48 years, Sam Rayburn was an unforgettable presence in Congress and a devoted servant to the people of Northeast Texas. He served with eight presidents and was Speaker of ...

When Speaker Sam Rayburn heard what was happening in Texas he got mad and explored that talent for freehand cussing which is one of nature’s many gifts to Texans. “Not even the United States,” he told ...

Speaker Sam Rayburn’s speech in Sulphur Springs, Tex. was billed as a unity rally. But everybody knew that the rally was Sam Rayburn’s way of hitting back at the New Deal-hating Dallas Morning News.

Unlike the tragedy of Caesar’s assassination, the demise of the speakership was more a comedy of errors, led by a king among fools. There was a time when if eight Republicans tried to do to Joseph ...

Times change, norms change, politicians with different standards come and go, and it’s all for the better, except maybe not, especially when you are talking about two Democratic speakers of the U.S.