Friday, May 9, 2014 - 8:00am
By Anne Ruppert, Sam Rayburn House Museum
Sam Rayburn’s farm was home to more than just members of the Rayburn family. Along with Sam, his sister Lucinda, his brother Tom, and other family, the home served as the residence for two employees: Charlie Phillips, his wife Bobbie, and Bobbie’s young granddaughter, Barbara.
Bobbie, an African American woman, began working as the cook...
Friday, September 20, 2013 - 8:14am
By Anne Ruppert, Sam Rayburn House Museum
Statues of Sam Rayburn abound. A bronze likeness of “Mr. Sam” stands as a sentinel outside the Sam Rayburn Museum (formerly the Sam Rayburn Library and Museum) in Bonham, Texas. Another figure of the Speaker is located outside the Rayburn Student Center on the campus of Texas A&M-Commerce. A bronze bust of the former Speaker is located in...
Friday, June 7, 2013 - 7:00am
By Anne Ruppert, Sam Rayburn House Museum Curator
The Sam Rayburn House Museum recently opened a new exhibit commemorating significant milestones in the history of the home. The exhibit, “Through the Years: Milestones in Preservation at the Sam Rayburn House Museum,” will be open to the public until April 2014.
The Sam Rayburn House Museum is the former home of Congressman Sam...
Friday, April 12, 2013 - 8:23am
By Anne Ruppert, Sam Rayburn House Museum Curator
One hundred years have passed since Sam Rayburn first took the oath of office in 1913 to begin his 48-year tenure in the U.S. House of Representatives. Before coming to the national political scene, Rayburn spent five years in the Texas House of Representatives. He won his first election in 1906. After two terms in the Texas House, and...
Monday, January 14, 2013 - 11:55pm
By Anne Ruppert, Sam Rayburn House Museum
Visitors recently celebrated the holidays along with Sam Rayburn’s birthday at the Sam Rayburn House Museum in Bonham. The theme for the museum’s annual Holiday Open House was “Mr. Sam Comes Home for the Holidays.” The house was festooned with evergreen, mistletoe, poinsettias, candles, and a Christmas tree. The ornaments on the tree and the...
