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* 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.

* Chairman of the powerful [[Committee on Appropriations]] (Fifty-first Congress, elected in 1888)

* Chairman of the powerful [[Committee on Appropriations]] (51st Congress, elected in 1888)

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

* Elected to the 53rd and to the nine succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1913)

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

* Poewerful chairman, Committee on Appropriations (54th through 57th Congresses), Committee on Rules (58th through 61st Congresses)

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

* [[Speaker of the House of Representatives]] (58th through 61st Congresses)

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

* 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 Sixty-third Congress

* Defeated for reelection in 1912 to the 63rd Congress

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

* Again elected to the 64th 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.

* Was featured on the cover of the first issue of TIME Magazine in 1923.

* Died in Danville, Vermilion County, Ill., November 12, 1926; interment in Spring Hill Cemetery

* Died in Danville, Vermilion County, Ill., November 12, 1926; interment in Spring Hill Cemetery

==Further reading==

==Further reading==

* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,881310,00.html Time Magazine March 3, 1923, cover story]

* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,881310,00.html Time Magazine March 3, 1923, cover story]

==References==

==References==

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