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Inspecting the Portrait of Speaker Sam Rayburn

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Inspecting the Portrait of Speaker Sam Rayburn/tiles/collection/4/49466.xml
Inspecting the Portrait of Speaker Sam Rayburn
Inspecting the Portrait of Speaker Sam Rayburn
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Date

1962-01-19

Maker

Associated Press Wirephoto

Dimensions

6 x 8 1/2 in. (15.2 x 21.6 cm)

Accession Number

PA2011.11.0012

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

Speaker of the House John McCormack and former President Harry Truman admire a portrait of their friend and colleague former Speaker Sam Rayburn. After Rayburn’s 1961 death, the painting was moved from a private office to the more prominent Speaker's Lobby directly outside of the House Chamber. Rayburn, the longest-serving Speaker in House history, spent 48 years in Congress.

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