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Sam Rayburn (D, TX)
Longest serving speaker
Nuclear sub named after him
LBJ loved Rayburn |
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Nick Longworth (R, OH)
Married T.R.'s daughter |
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Joseph Cannon (R, IL)
Featured on cover of 1st TIME mag |
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Richard Russel (D, GA)
Anti-civil rights
Never obtained Northern votes
LBJ loved Russel
Includes caucus room with plaques |
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Everett McKinley Dirksen (R, IL)
Mr. Republican of the 50's-60's
Helped sign the Civil Rights Act ('64) |
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Phillip Hart (D, MI)
a.k.a. "the conscience of the Senate"
Catholic man who attended Georgetown U
First federal gov't building |
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