Cannon, Joseph G., 1926-....

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Dates:
Birth 1926
Active 1906
Active 1911
Birth 1836-05-07
Death 1926-11-12
Birth 1836
Death 1936
Americans
English

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Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.

From the description of Joseph G. Cannon miscellany, 1906-1911. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63534521

Cannon was an Illinois lawyer and politician, who served in the United States Congress.

From the description of Autograph, ca. 1890. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82084221

U.S. Representative (Republican) from Illinois' eighteenth district (1873-1891, 1893-1913 and 1915-1923). Speaker of the House in the 58th, 59th, 60th and 61st Congresses.

From the description of Papers, 1890-1926. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 22913269

Danville, Ill. lawyer who served as congressman in the U.S. House of Representatives for 46 years between 1873 and 1923, was elected Speaker of the House from 1903-1911 and ran for the nomination of president at the Republican Convention in 1908. So autocratic in his use of the House rules to maintain power they became known as "Cannonism". After much controversy over the Stevens Bill, 1907, and the Payne Tariff Bill, 1909, angry Republicans joined Democrats to end the reign of Cannon. He remained in Congress until the end of 1922. Served on the Lincoln Memorial Commission, 1915-1919.

From the description of Papers, 1879-1940 [1906-1910]. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 49047480

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  • Legislators
  • Legislators
  • Paper industry
  • Politicians
  • Politicians
  • Postmaster
  • Quakers
  • Tariff on paper
  • Legislators
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  • Illinois (as recorded)
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  • Edgar County (Ill.) (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • North Carolina (as recorded)
  • Illinois (as recorded)

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