| But there is no S in Longworth (mighty Casey has struck out. (Before he was Speaker, Nicholas Longworth had married Theodore Roosevelt's daughter, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, who became the doyenne of Washington society, at least Republican society.) Sam Rayburn (whom I should have remembered, but didn't) was also Speaker of the House in the 81st and 82nd Congresses (1949-53), between the two Republican Houses that elected Joe Martin Speaker. |