Friday, April 12, 2013 - 8:23am
By Anne Ruppert, Sam Rayburn House Museum Curator
One hundred years have passed since Sam Rayburn first took the oath of office in 1913 to begin his 48-year tenure in the U.S. House of Representatives. Before coming to the national political scene, Rayburn spent five years in the Texas House of Representatives. He won his first election in 1906. After two terms in the Texas House, and...
Monday, January 14, 2013 - 11:55pm
By Anne Ruppert, Sam Rayburn House Museum
Visitors recently celebrated the holidays along with Sam Rayburn’s birthday at the Sam Rayburn House Museum in Bonham. The theme for the museum’s annual Holiday Open House was “Mr. Sam Comes Home for the Holidays.” The house was festooned with evergreen, mistletoe, poinsettias, candles, and a Christmas tree. The ornaments on the tree and the...
