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Sam Rayburn was a long term Speaker of the House and was a Democrat from Texas.
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Tom Craddick was a Texas House Speaker (Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, Texas House Member, however you want to say it) from 2003-2009. He was the first Republican to do so.
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Joe Straus
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The committee chairs are selected in the Texas House of representatives by the speaker and the lieutenant governor. This is one of the main roles of the speaker of the house.
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Texas Monthly Talks - 2003 Joe Straus Speaker Texas House of Representatives 7-13 was released on: USA: 22 January 2009
Texas Monthly Talks - 2003 Tom Craddick - Speaker Texas House of Representatives 3-1 was released on: USA: 13 January 2005
They are called the "Speaker of the House".