Sun Belt & Go Along to Get Along (Sam Rayburn quotes?)

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SUN BELT
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Wikipedia seems widely off here. Sam Rayburn died in 1961, and "sun belt"  
became common about 1969. Could Rayburn have possibly coined the word?
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rayburn">Wikipedia: Sam  Rayburn</a>
<i>Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn</i> (_January 6_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_6) , _1882_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1882)  – _November 16_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_16) , _1961_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961) ) was a _Democratic_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States))   politician from _Bonham, Texas_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonham,_Texas) . "Mr.  Sam", as he was widely known, served as the _Speaker  of 
the United States House of Representatives_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives)  for 17 years, and is widely 
 regarded as the most effective Speaker of the House in American history.
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Rayburn coined the term "Sun Belt" while strongly supporting the  
construction of _Route 66_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_66) . It originally  
ran south from _Chicago_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago) , through 
_Oklahoma_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma) , and then turned  westward 
from Texas to _New Mexico_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico) , _Arizona_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona)  and _California_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California)  before ending at  the beach in _Santa Monica,  
California_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Monica,_California) . During one of his 
many arguments for the project he stated  famously that America absolutely 
must connect the "Frost Belt with the Sun  Belt."

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(Oxford English Dictionary)
<i>Sunbelt</i>  U.S. (also as two words) [_BELT_ 
(http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/crossref?query_type=word&queryword=sun+belt&first=1&max_to_show=10&single=1&
sort_type=alpha&xrefword=belt&ps=n.&homonym_no=1)  n.1 5a], a zone consisting 
of  the most southerly states of the U.S., extending from California in the 
west to  the Carolinas in the east
1969 K. P.  PHILLIPS Emerging Republican Majority v. 438 Chart 134 
illustrates how the electoral votes of the *Sun Belt  will have almost tripled in the 
half-century between 1920 and 1970. 
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GO ALONG TO GET ALONG
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A little more detailed than the YBQ.
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Also, see this Sam Rayburn quote (not in the YBQ):
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own_but_it_took_a_carpenter_to_build_it_sam_ra/_ 
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o_build_it_sam_ra/) 
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_http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/to_get_along_go_along_sam_ray
burn/_ 
(http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/to_get_along_go_along_sam_rayburn/) 
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“To get along, go along” (Sam Rayburn)
 
Sam Rayburn (1882-1961) was a Texas Congressman who was a longtime and  
effective Speaker of the House. “To get along, go along” (also sometimes phrased  “
go along to get along") was, some say, his advice to young Congressmen.  


_Wikipedia: Sam  Rayburn_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rayburn)  
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn (January 6, 1882 – November 16,  1961) was a 
Democratic politician from Bonham, Texas. “Mr. Sam”, as he was  widely known, 
served as the Speaker of the United States House of  Representatives for 17 years, 
and is widely regarded as the most effective  Speaker of the House in American 
history. 

14 October 1952, Kerrville  (TX) Times, pg. 1, col. 4: 
Claude Gilmer of Rocksprings, chairman of  the Democrats for Eisenhower, last 
night blasted at Rayburn’s claims of  Democratic prosperity. 

“It is sickening to see Get-Along, Go-Along Sam  Rayburn and his coterie of 
Trumanites travelling all over Texas gloating over  the blood-stained dollars 
that are now in circulation and calling it  prosperity,” Gilmer said at 
Hillsboro. 

11 February 1960, Fresno (CA)  Bee, pg. 48?, col. 1: 
Mr. Sam still could rule, the New Republic  believes, if he passed the threat 
down the line: “If you want to get along, go  along.” 

15 August 1961, Long Beach (CA) Independent, pg. B1:  
“Let us all be spokesmen for freedom by speaking up. We can win if each of  
us resolves to never again just ‘go along to get along.’” 
(Rep. John H.  Rousselot, R-San Gabriel—ed.) 

16 November 1961, Burlington <(NC)  Daily Times-News, pg. 10C, col. 5: 
Another of Mr. Rayburn’s precepts  to young Congressmen was, “To get along, 
go along.” 

18 April 1963,  Galveston (TX) Daily News, pg. 5, col. 3: 
“I don’t know why it is so  popular to go along to get along all of a sudden—
thought that was the philosophy  of Washington.” 
(Senator Andy Rogers of Childress—ed.) 

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