Object Details
- Description
- This Sam Rayburn Issue stamp features a portrait of Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and an image of the dome of the United States Capitol Building. After being admitted to the bar, he went on to serve in the Texas House of Representatives, eventually becoming Speaker of the Texas House. He was later elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1913 and served for almost 49 years, or more than 25 terms. He became Speaker of the House upon death of William Bankhead; he holds the record for longest serving tenure as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
- United States; Sam Rayburn; Texas; Democrat; lawyer; politician; politics; House of Representatives; Congress; Congressman; speaker; Capitol Building; architecture; portrait
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Printer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Depicts
- Sam Rayburn, American, 1882 - 1961
- Date
- September 16, 1962
- Medium
- paper; ink (dark blue, red brown); adhesive / engraving
- Type
- Postage Stamps
