Sam Rayburn - Tributes

Tributes

• The Rayburn House Office Building, which contains offices of House members adjacent to the United States Capitol.
• The ballistic missile submarine USS Sam Rayburn.
• The Sam Rayburn Reservoir in East Texas was named after him in 1963, and is a popular destination for bass fishing and professional fishing tournaments.
• Sam Rayburn High School in Pasadena, Texas, also bears his name and houses the desk he used as Speaker of the House.
• The Sam Rayburn Independent School District was named for him in 1964.
• A documentary tentatively titled "Rayburn: Mr. Speaker" is currently in production from filmmaker Reed Penney, according to a report by the Texas A&M University-Commerce campus newspaper The East Texan.
• Sam Rayburn Memorial Student Center at Texas A&M University-Commerce is named after Mr. Rayburn.
• Sam Rayburn Middle School in Bryan, Texas is named in his honor.
• The ice cream maker Choco Taco released a "Sam Rayburn Centennial" bar in celebration of Mr. Rayburn's first term in Congress.
• Sam Rayburn Middle School in San Antonio, Texas was named in his honor.
• Sam Rayburn Parkway is a portion of U.S. Highway 75 that runs through Sherman, TX.
• Sam Rayburn Tollway is a toll road that goes through Dallas, Denton, and Collin counties in northeast Texas.
• Sam Rayburn Memorial Highway, roughly a forty mile section of Texas State Highway 121 that begins at Texas State Highway 78, two miles north of Bonham, Texas, and ends at its terminus with the Sam Rayburn Tollway in McKinney, Texas, was named in his honor.
• Sam Rayburn Elementary School in McAllen, Texas is named in his honor.
• Sam Rayburn Memorial Veterans Center in Bonham, Texas was named in his honor.
• The Rayburn Room at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia was named in his honor, as he was Speaker of the House during the decision to build the Bunker.