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White House Photographs
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Graveside funeral service for Speaker of the House of Representatives Sam Rayburn at Willow Wild Cemetery in Bonham, Texas. Reverend Bernard Braskamp (standing next to the casket), Chaplain for the United States House of Representatives, presides over the ceremony. Seated in the front row are (L-R) former presidents Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower, President John F. Kennedy, Senator Carl Hayden (Arizona), and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. Others attending the service include Representative Carl Albert (Oklahoma), Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana), and Representative John W. McCormack (Massachusetts).