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Progressives led by [[George Norris]] in 1910 revolted against his strong rule as Speaker, and replaced some of the Speaker's power with a seniority system to choose powerful committee and subcommittee chairmen. Power in the House then went to those who served longest, regardless of how much or how little the leaders like them.  

Progressives led by [[George Norris]] in 1910 revolted against his strong rule as Speaker, and replaced some of the Speaker's power with a seniority system to choose powerful committee and subcommittee chairmen. Power in the House then went to those who served longest, regardless of how much or how little the leaders like them.  

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Cannon was born in Guilford, North Carolina (located in Guilford County) on May 7, 1836. After moving with his parents to a town in rural Indiana in 1840, he studied law at the Cincinnati Law School and was admitted to the bar in 1858, subsequently practicing in Terre Haute in 1858.

* He was born in Guilford, Guilford County, N.C., May 7, 1836

 

* Moved with his parents to a town in rural Indiana in 1840

* Studied law at the Cincinnati Law School

He moved to Tuscola, Illinois in 1859, and was the state's attorney for the twenty-seventh judicial district of Illinois from March 1861 to December 1868.

* Was admitted to the bar in 1858 and commenced practice in Terre Haute, Ind., in 1858

 

* Moved to Tuscola, Illinois, in 1859

In 1878, he moved to Danville, Ill.

* State's attorney for the twenty-seventh judicial district of Illinois from March 1861 to December 1868

 

* Moved to Danville, Ill., in 1878

Cannon was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third and to the eight succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1891), but defeated in the Democratic landslide of 1890. He was the chairman of the powerful Committee on Appropriations (51st Congress, elected in 1888).

* Elected as a Republican to the Forty-third and to the eight succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1891), but defeated in the Democratic landslide of 1890.

 

* Chairman of the powerful [[Committee on Appropriations]] (51st Congress, elected in 1888)

Elected to the 53rd and to the nine succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1913), Cannon was the powerful chairman of the Committee on Appropriations (54th through 57th Congresses) and Committee on Rules (58th through 61st Congresses). As [[Speaker of the House of Representatives]] (58th through 61st Congresses), he received fifty-eight honorific votes for the [[presidential nomination]] at the [[Republican National Convention]] at Chicago in 1908.

* Elected to the 53rd and to the nine succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1913)

 

* Poewerful chairman, Committee on Appropriations (54th through 57th Congresses), Committee on Rules (58th through 61st Congresses)

Defeated for reelection in 1912 to the 63rd Congress, Cannon was again elected to the 64th and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1923), featured on the cover of the first issue of TIME Magazine in 1923.

* [[Speaker of the House of Representatives]] (58th through 61st Congresses)

 

* Received fifty-eight honorific votes for the [[presidential nomination]] at the [[Republican National Convention]] at Chicago in 1908

* Defeated for reelection in 1912 to the 63rd Congress

Cannon died in Danville, Vermilion County, Ill., November 12, 1926, and is interred in Spring Hill Cemetery.

* Again elected to the 64th and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1923)

* Was featured on the cover of the first issue of TIME Magazine in 1923.

* Died in Danville, Vermilion County, Ill., November 12, 1926; interment in Spring Hill Cemetery

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