Oral history interview of Hugh Scott regarding Sam Rayburn [manuscript], 1980 June 23.

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Oral history interview of Hugh Scott regarding Sam Rayburn [manuscript], 1980 June 23.

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Transcript of interview of Hugh Scott by Dr. Anthony Champagne of the University of Texas at Dallas, held June 23, 1980. Much of the interview is concerned with former House speaker, Sam Rayburn, although other politicians are mentioned, chiefly in the context of Rayburn's relationships with them.

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Scott, Hugh Doggett, 1900-1994

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Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961

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Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn was born on January 6, 1882, in a rural area of Roane County, Tennessee. At age five, Rayburn, along with his parents and nine siblings, moved to a forty-acre cotton farm in Flag Springs, Texas. One more child was born after the move to Texas, and every member of the family had to do their share to make the farm profitable. Rayburn's interest in government coincided with the family's move, and it has been suggested that his curiosity intensified due to the "great golden...

Champagne, Anthony

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