This man was portrayed by Pat Hingle in the 1987 TV movie LBJ: The Early Years, and by James Gammon in the 1995 HBO movie Truman. He’s not Pat Morris Neff, but this man lived in the Wahrenberger house while he was in law school. Though he is neither Joseph Gurney Cannon nor Nicholas Longworth, a House Office Building on Independence Avenue is named for this man. Not only is this man the longest-serving congressman from his state, but he was also the longest-serving Speaker of the House. For 10 points, a clapboard home west of Bonham, Texas was the little corner of the world of this longtime speaker, “Mr. Sam”.
This man was portrayed by Pat Hingle in the 1987 TV movie LBJ: The Early Years, and by James Gammon in the 1995 HBO movie Truman. He’s not Pat Morris Neff, but this man lived in the Wahrenberger house while he was in law school. Though he is neither Joseph Gurney Cannon nor Nicholas Longworth, a House Office Building on Independence Avenue is named for this man. Not only is this man the longest-serving congressman from his state, but he was also the longest-serving Speaker of the House. For 10 points, a clapboard home west of Bonham, Texas was the little corner of the world of this longtime speaker, “Mr. Sam”.
This man was portrayed by Pat Hingle in the 1987 TV movie LBJ: