Subjects – Rayburn, Sam
The creation of the Congressional Record
March 05, 1873
The Government Printing Office (GPO) published the first issue of the Congressional Record, detailing House and Senate proceedings from the prior legislative day.
Longtime congressional employee Ben Jones
August 05, 1879
Benjamin Jones—the longtime manager of the House Republican Cloakroom—was born in East St. Louis, Illinois.
Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn of Texas
January 06, 1882
Sam Rayburn of Texas, the longest serving Speaker in House history, was born in Kingston, Tennessee
The Speaker’s broken gavels
June 23, 1906
On this date, Speaker of the House Joseph Cannon of Illinois broke a gavel while putting the House into the Committee of the Whole for further consideration of a bill.
Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives Joe Sinnott
April 02, 1911
On this date, Joe Sinnott was elected Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives.
The first session of the 73rd Congress came to a close
June 16, 1933
Early in the morning on this date, the first session of the 73rd Congress came to a close.
The first inauguration after the lame duck amendment
January 20, 1937
On this date, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was sworn into office at the U.S. Capitol for a second term as President.
The Speaker election of Sam Rayburn of Texas
September 16, 1940
On this date the House of Representatives selected Sam Rayburn of Texas to serve as Speaker of the House in the 76th Congress (1939–1941).
The temporary appointment of North Carolina Representative Lindsay Warren as Majority Leader
September 19, 1940
On this date, newly elected Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn of Texas named Lindsay Warren of North Carolina temporary House Majority Leader.
The portrait of Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn of Texas
August 16, 1941
Speaker Sam Rayburn’s portrait by British artist Douglas Chandor was received by the House of Representatives.
The Declaration of War against Japan
December 08, 1941
On this date, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, addressing the nation in a Joint Session in the House Chamber, asked Congress to declare war against Japan for the surprise attack against American naval facilities in and around Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, a day earlier
Secretary of State Cordell Hull’s Joint Meeting
November 18, 1943
On this date, Secretary of State Cordell Hull addressed a Joint Meeting becoming the first cabinet Member ever to address the Congress.
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz’s address to a Joint Meeting of Congress
October 05, 1945
On this date, Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, commander of Allied naval forces in the Pacific during World War II, addressed a Joint Meeting of Congress.
A Joint Session to honor President Franklin D. Roosevelt
July 01, 1946
On this date, Congress held a Joint Session to honor the memory of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The repeal of the Twenty-One Day rule
January 03, 1951
On this date, at the opening of the 82nd Congress (1951–1953), the House repealed the “Twenty-One Day Rule” by a vote of 243 to 180.
A visitor asks the Speaker for a moment to lecture the House
January 13, 1955
Grace Jackson Clark, an unemployed stenographer from New Kensington, Pennsylvania, walked uninvited onto the House Floor to ask Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas for time to address the chamber.
President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam addressed a Joint Meeting of Congress
May 09, 1957
On this date, President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam addressed a Joint Meeting of Congress.
The Laying of the East Front Cornerstone
July 04, 1959
On this date, President Dwight D. Eisenhower laid the cornerstone for the long-planned East Front extension of the U.S. Capitol.
Texas Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn’s bold move to increase the size of the Committee on Rules
January 31, 1961
The House voted in favor of a resolution to increase the Committee on Rules’ membership from 12 to 15.
Representative Frank Smith of Mississippi
June 05, 1962
Incumbent Congressman Frank Ellis Smith lost to fellow incumbent Representative Jamie Whitten in the Democratic primary for Mississippi’s 2nd District
Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn’s portrait leaves the “Board of Education”
June 19, 1962
The House moved the portrait of Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas from its longtime home to the Speaker’s Lobby.
The House of Representatives opened a third office building
February 23, 1965
The House of Representatives opened a third office building. Named for Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas, the Rayburn Building remains the most modern of all the House office buildings. Construction began in 1962 and the building was fully occupied in April 1965.
The 22nd Annual Roll Call Congressional Baseball Game
June 21, 1984
The 22nd Annual Roll Call Congressional Baseball Game took place on this date at Four Mile Run Park in Alexandria, Virginia.