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'''Joe Cannon'''' (Joseph Gurney Cannon, 1836 - 1926) was a powerful Republican Congressman from [[Illinois]] and [[Speaker of the House]] from 1903-1911, preceding [[James Beauchamp Clark]] and succeeding [[David Henderson]]. He served 23 terms representing rural Illinois.
'''Joe Cannon'''' (Joseph Gurney Cannon, 1836 - 1926) was a powerful Republican Congressman from [[Illinois]] and [[Speaker of the House]] from 1903–1911, preceding [[James Beauchamp Clark]] and succeeding [[David Henderson]]. He served 23 terms representing rural Illinois.
"Uncle Joe," as he was called, was a leader of the conservative wing of the [[Republican Party]], and he kept President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] in check when the president veered left. Cannon worked well with conservative Republican President [[William Howard Taft]].
"Uncle Joe," as he was called, was a leader of the conservative wing of the [[Republican Party]], and he kept President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] in check when the president veered left. Cannon worked well with conservative Republican President [[William Howard Taft]].
* Was admitted to the bar in 1858 and commenced practice in Terre Haute, Ind., in 1858
* Was admitted to the bar in 1858 and commenced practice in Terre Haute, Ind., in 1858
* Moved to Tuscola, Illinois, in 1859
* Moved to Tuscola, Illinois, in 1859
* State’s attorney for the twenty-seventh judicial district of Illinois from March 1861 to December 1868
* State's attorney for the twenty-seventh judicial district of Illinois from March 1861 to December 1868
* Moved to Danville, Ill., in 1878
* Moved to Danville, Ill., in 1878
* 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.
* 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.