The Sam Rayburn Homesite
N 33° 31.865 W 096° 00.946
14S E 777141 N 3714154
Texas Historical Marker about three miles south of Windom, TX, on the south side of FM 1743, noting this as the general area of the Sam Rayburn Homesite from 1887 to 1912.
Waymark Code: WMV3G8
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/17/2017
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Marker Number: 8922
Marker Text: Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn (1882-1961), son of William Marion and Martha (Waller) Rayburn, was born in Tennessee; moved to Texas, 1887.
Educated at East Texas State University and the University of Texas Law School, became lawmaker: Texas House of Representatives, 1906-13 (House Speaker, 1911-13), United States Congress, 1913-61. World famous as Speaker, United States House of Representatives, 17 years, in terms of Presidents F.D. Roosevelt, Harry S Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, J.F. Kennedy.
His homesite (1887-1912) was half a mile south of this marker. (1972)
Incise on base: Marker Sponsors: Jack Kreck, Robert West, John Barrett, Fannin National Bank
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