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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).

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 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), 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.

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.

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.