- RAYBURN, Samuel Taliaferro, 1882-1961 RAYBURN, Samuel Taliaferro, a Representative from Texas; born near Kingston, Roane County, Tenn., January 6, 1882; moved to Fannin County, Tex., in 1887 with his parents who settled near Windom; attended the rural schools and was graduated from the East Texas Normal College, Commerce, Tex., in 1903; studied law at the University of Texas at Austin; was ...bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000082