# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sam-rayburn
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:02:13.933Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sam-rayburn"
name: "Sam Rayburn"
slug: "sam-rayburn"
description: "Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn was an American politician who served as the 43rd speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He was a three-time House speaker, former House majority leader, two-time House minority leader, and a 25-term congressman, representing Texas's 4th congressional district as a Democrat from 1913 to 1961. He holds the record for the longest tenure as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving for over 17 years."
tagline: "Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (1955-1961), American politician (1882–1961)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rayburn-Sam-LOC.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1882-01-06"
deathDate: "1961-11-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.68
  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.38706666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Sam Rayburn"
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    title: "Sam Rayburn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sam Rayburn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sam Rayburn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sam Rayburn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rayburn"
    title: "Sam Rayburn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sam Rayburn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sam Rayburn"
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    title: "Sam Rayburn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Рейберн, Сэм"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rayburn"
    title: "Sam Rayburn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump