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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.
History, Art & Archives, U.S. House of Representatives, “Inspecting the Portrait of Speaker Sam Rayburn,” https://history.house.gov/Collection/Listing/PA2011/PA2011-11-0012/ (August 17, 2022)
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