The Austin-Boston Connection: Five Decades of House Democratic Leadership, 1937–1989

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1. Joseph Weldon Bailey, April 14, 1909. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 2. Joe Bailey with Texas businessman J. L. Wortham, undated. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 3. Speaker John Nance Garner, undated. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 4. John McDuffie. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 5. John O’Connor. Center for American History, University of Texas–Austin. Used by permission. 6. John Nance Garner and FDR, 1934. Center for American History, University of Texas–Austin. Used by permission. 7. Majority Leader and future speaker Joe Byrns and Speaker Henry Rainey, 1934, preparing for the 1935 session. Tennessee State Library and Archives. 8. Sam Rayburn press conference upon being elected majority leader, January 5, 1937. Center for American History, University of Texas–Austin. Used by permission. 9. From left: Speaker William Bankhead, Vice Pres. John Nance Garner, Sen. Alben Barkley, and Majority Leader Sam Rayburn, January 2, 1940. Center for American History, University of Texas–Austin. Used by permission. 10. Majority Leader John McCormack (center) stoops to talk with Pres. Franklin Roosevelt (bottom right) while Speaker Sam Rayburn (upper right) and Vice Pres. Henry Wallace look on. Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. 11. Sam Rayburn and Jim Wright in Fort Worth, 1956. Jim Wright Papers, Special Collections, Mary Couts Burnett Library, Texas Christian University. Used by permission. 12. From left: Lyndon Johnson, Harry Truman, John Nance Garner, and Sam Rayburn celebrate Garner’s ninetieth birthday, 1959. Center for American History, University of Texas–Austin. Used by permission. 13. Sam Rayburn with Hale Boggs, Mobile, Alabama, 1960. Center for American History, University of Texas–Austin. Used by permission. 14. From left: Jim Wright, Carl Albert, Tip O’Neill, unknown, and John McCormack. Picture taken at a tree planting ceremony in December 1976 just before Albert left Washington. Carl Albert Collection, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma. Used by permission. 15. Morris Udall (left) shakes hands with Majority Leader Carl Albert during his challenge of Speaker John McCormack (center). Carl Albert Collection, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma. Used by permission. 16. Candidates for majority leader appear on “Meet the Press,” December 5, 1976. From left, Richard Bolling, Phil Burton, John McFall, and Jim Wright. Jim Wright Papers, Special Collections, Mary Couts Burnett Library, Texas Christian University. Used by permission. 17. Majority Leader Wright and Speaker O’Neill. Jim Wright Papers, Special Collections, Mary Couts Burnett Library, Texas Christian University. Used by permission. ...