Sam Rayburn

Samuel Taliaferro (pronounced "Tolliver") Rayburn (b. 1882) was a Democratic politician from Bonham, Texas. "Mr. Sam", as he was widely known, served as the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives for over a decade. In June, 1942, he with House Judciary Chairman Hatton Sumners to begin impeachment proceedings against President Franklin D. Roosevelt in response to the numerous set-backs that the U.S. had faced immediately after its entry into World War II.