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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Joseph_Gurney_CannonJoseph Gurney Cannon - Wikipedia

    Joseph Gurney Cannon (May 7, 1836 – November 12, 1926) was an American politician from Illinois and leader of the Republican Party. Cannon represented parts of Illinois in the United States House of Representatives for twenty-three non-consecutive terms between 1873 and 1923; upon his retirement, he was the longest serving member of the United States Congress ever.

  2. www.britannica.com › biography › Joseph-Gurney-CannonJoseph Gurney Cannon | Biography & Facts | Britannica

    Republican Party. Joseph Gurney Cannon (born May 7, 1836, Guilford county, North Carolina, U.S.—died November 12, 1926, Danville, Illinois) was an American politician who was a longtime member of the U.S. House of Representatives. As speaker of the House (1903–11), he exerted incredible power and influence. Admitted to the Indiana bar in ...

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  4. time.com › 6258493 › joseph-gurney-cannon-time-firstTIME's First Cover Story: Joseph Gurney Cannon Retires | TIME

    March 3, 1923 7:00 AM GMT-5. J oseph Gurney Cannon, grand old man of Congress, will retire from public life. At the age of 86, having served 23 terms in the House of Representatives, he feels that ...

  5. www.encyclopedia.com › joseph-gurney-cannonJoseph Gurney Cannon | Encyclopedia.com

    May 21, 2018 · Joseph Gurney Cannon (1836-1926) was the American politician whose arbitrary, often dictatorial, methods as Speaker of the House gave rise to the term "Cannonism." Joseph Cannon was born in Guilford, N.C., on May 7, 1836, of old English and Huguenot stock.

  6. www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org › Learn-About-TRTR Center - Cannon, Joseph Gurney - Theodore Roosevelt Center

    Joseph Gurney Cannon (1836-1926) was the influential Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives during most of Theodore Roosevelt’s presidency. “Uncle Joe” Cannon’s authoritarian reign as Speaker conflicted with Roosevelt’s desires to promote progressive legislation. Cannon was born in Guilford, North Carolina, but his parents ...

  7. www.ncpedia.org › biography › cannon-joseph-gurneyCannon, Joseph Gurney | NCpedia

    7 May 1836–12 Nov. 1926. Joseph Gurney Cannon, congressman and speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, was born in New Garden, Guilford County, the son of Gulielma Hollingsworth and Dr. Horace Franklin Cannon, one of the founders of Guilford College. The family moved to Indiana when Cannon was six and afterward moved to Illinois.

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  9. chroniclingillinois.org › collections › showJoseph Cannon Collection · Chronicling Illinois

    Cannon was elected state’s attorney in 1861, holding the position until 1868. In 1862 he married Mary Reed, from Ohio, who had come to Illinois to live with her brother and teach school. The Cannons moved to Danville, Illinois, in 1876. Cannon sucessfully ran for Congress as a Republican in 1872, beginning what would become a 46 year career ...