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Benjamin Burras Rayburn (August 11, 1916 – March 5, 2008) was an American politician. He served as Democratic member for the 12nd district of the Louisiana State Senate, and as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives.

Rayburn was born in Sumrall, Mississippi. He attended Sumrall High School and Sullivan Memorial Trade School. He served as a member and vice president of the Washington Parish Police Jury from 1944 to 1948, at the time being the youngest member of a police jury in Louisiana.

In 1948 Rayburn was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives. In 1951 he was elected for the 12nd district of the Louisiana State Senate, serving until 1996, when he was succeeded by Phil Short.

Honors Rayburn received included an honorary doctorate from Loyola University in 1959 and an induction into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in 1993. In 2006 the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections renamed the Washington Correctional Institute as the B.B. Rayburn Correctional Center.

Rayburn died in March 2008 from complications of lung cancer at the St. Tammany Hospital in Covington, Louisiana, at the age of 91.

References

1. "Sen. 'Sixty' Rayburn Political Complexity Says Hometown Paper". Daily World. Opelousas, Louisiana. March 27, 1963. p. 5. Retrieved September 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "'Sixty' Vindicates the Long Boys and Sen. Rayburn's Cynical Candor Tells Story of 'Greenback Politics'". The Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. August 30, 1973. p. 6. Retrieved September 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "'Sixty' Rayburn: He Didn't Stay Accidentally". The Town Talk. Alexandria, Louisiana. June 8, 1977. p. 30. Retrieved September 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ McEnany, Arthur (January 2008). "Membership in the Louisiana Senate: 1880 - Present" (PDF). Louisiana State Senate. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 25, 2015. Retrieved September 5, 2022 – via Wayback Machine.
5. ^ "Membership In The Louisiana House Of Representatives 1812 - 2012" (PDF). David R. Poynter Legislative Research Library. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 31, 2010. Retrieved September 5, 2022 – via Wayback Machine.
6. ^ "B. B. Rayburn Obituary (1916-2008)". The Advocate. March 7, 2008. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
7. "BJ "Sixty" Rayburn". Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
8. "Mission Statement". Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections. Archived from the original on January 27, 2011. Retrieved September 5, 2022 – via Wayback Machine.
9. "Former State Senator B.B. "Sixty" Rayburn Dead at 91". WAFB. March 5, 2008. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
10. "Former State Senator B.B. "Sixty" Rayburn Laid to Rest". WAFB. March 8, 2008. Retrieved September 5, 2022.

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