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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.
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'''Joseph Gurney Cannon''', a Representative from [[Illinois]]; born in Guilford, Guilford County, N.C., May 7, 1836
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* Moved with his parents to Bloomingdale, Ind., in 1840
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* Completed preparatory studies
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* Studied law at the [[Cincinnati]] Law School
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* Was admitted to the [[bar]] in 1858 and commenced practice in Terre Haute, Ind., in 1858
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* Moved to Tuscola, Ill., in 1859
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* State’s attorney for the twenty-seventh judicial district of Illinois from March 1861 to December 1868
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* Elected as a [[Republican]] to the Forty-third and to the eight succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1891)
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* Chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Forty-seventh Congress), [[Committee on Appropriations]] (Fifty-first Congress)
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* Moved to Danville, Ill., in 1878
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* Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress
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* Elected to the Fifty-third and to the nine succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1913)
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* Chairman, Committee on Appropriations (Fifty-fourth through Fifty-seventh Congresses), Committee on Rules (Fifty-eighth through Sixty-first Congresses)
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* [[Speaker of the House of Representatives]] (Fifty-eighth through Sixty-first Congresses)
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* Received fifty-eight votes for the [[presidential nomination]] at the [[Republican National Convention]] at [[Chicago]] in 1908
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* Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1912 to the Sixty-third Congress
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* Again elected to the Sixty-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1923)
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* Declined renomination for Congress at the end of the Sixty-seventh Congress
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* Retired from public life
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* Died in Danville, Vermilion County, Ill., November 12, 1926
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* Interment in Spring Hill Cemetery
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==References==
 
==References==
 
*http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp
 
*http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp

Revision as of 08:55, November 14, 2007

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

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