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‘’’Joseph Gurney Cannon’’’, a Representative from [[Illinois]]; born in Guilford, Guilford County, N.C., May 7, 1836; moved with his parents to Bloomingdale, Ind., in 1840; completed preparatory studies; studied law at the [[Cincinnati]] Law School; was admitted to the [[bar]] in 1858 and commenced practice in Terre Haute, Ind., in 1858; moved to Tuscola, Ill., in 1859; State’s attorney for the twenty-seventh judicial district of Illinois from March 1861 to December 1868; elected as a [[Republican]] to the Forty-third and to the eight succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1891); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Forty-seventh Congress), [[Committee on Appropriations]] (Fifty-first Congress); moved to Danville, Ill., in 1878; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress; elected to the Fifty-third and to the nine succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1913); chairman, Committee on Appropriations (Fifty-fourth through Fifty-seventh Congresses), Committee on Rules (Fifty-eighth through Sixty-first Congresses); Speaker of the House of Representatives (Fifty-eighth through Sixty-first Congresses); received fifty-eight votes for the [[presidential nomination]] at the [[Republican National Convention]] at [[Chicago]] in 1908; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1912 to the Sixty-third Congress; again elected to the Sixty-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1923); declined renomination for Congress at the end of the Sixty-seventh Congress; retired from public life; died in Danville, Vermilion County, Ill., November 12, 1926; interment in Spring Hill Cemetery.

'''Joseph Gurney Cannon''', a Representative from [[Illinois]]; born in Guilford, Guilford County, N.C., May 7, 1836

 

* Moved with his parents to Bloomingdale, Ind., in 1840

* Completed preparatory studies

* Studied law at the [[Cincinnati]] Law School

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

* Moved to Tuscola, Ill., in 1859

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

* Elected as a [[Republican]] to the Forty-third and to the eight succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1891)

* Chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Forty-seventh Congress), [[Committee on Appropriations]] (Fifty-first Congress)

* Moved to Danville, Ill., in 1878

* Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress

* Elected to the Fifty-third and to the nine succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1913)

* Chairman, Committee on Appropriations (Fifty-fourth through Fifty-seventh Congresses), Committee on Rules (Fifty-eighth through Sixty-first Congresses)

* [[Speaker of the House of Representatives]] (Fifty-eighth through Sixty-first Congresses)

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

* Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1912 to the Sixty-third Congress

* Again elected to the Sixty-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1923)

* Declined renomination for Congress at the end of the Sixty-seventh Congress

* Retired from public life

* Died in Danville, Vermilion County, Ill., November 12, 1926

 

* Interment in Spring Hill Cemetery

 

==References==

==References==

*http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp

*http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp