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'''Joseph Gurney Cannon''' (1836 - 1926) was a Representative from [[Illinois]]; born in Guilford, Guilford County, N.C., May 7, 1836
'''Joseph Gurney Cannon''' (1836 - 1926) was a Representative from [[Illinois]]; born in Guilford, Guilford County, N.C., May 7, 1836
Key points of his life include:
* Moved with his parents to Bloomingdale, Ind., in 1840
* Moved with his parents to Bloomingdale, Ind., in 1840
* Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1912 to the Sixty-third Congress
* 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)
* Again elected to the Sixty-fourth 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.
* Declined renomination for Congress at the end of the Sixty-seventh Congress
* Declined renomination for Congress at the end of the Sixty-seventh Congress
* Retired from public life
* Retired from public life
* Interment in Spring Hill Cemetery
* Interment in Spring Hill Cemetery
==References==
==References==