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    Joseph Gurney Cannon (May 7, 1836 – November 12, 1926) was an American politician from Illinois and leader of the Republican Party. Cannon represented...
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  • Steel Joseph Gurney Cannon (1836–1926), U.S. Representative from Illinois and Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives; nicknamed "Uncle Joe" Joseph J...
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    for former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Joseph Gurney Cannon. The first congressional office buildings were constructed immediately...
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    speakership reached its apogee during the term of Republican Joseph Gurney Cannon (1903–1911). Cannon exercised extraordinary control over the legislative process...
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    William Howard Taft of Ohio; Speaker Joseph Gurney Cannon of Illinois also had support among the delegates, but Cannon had no desire to leave his position...
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  • Joseph Gurney Cannon (1836–1926), United States politician Joseph E. Johnston (1807–1891), Confederate general during the American Civil War Joseph Ligambi...
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  • Chicago. Joseph Gurney Cannon, who also served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives during four congresses and after whom the Cannon House...
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  • Paxton Record. Paxton, IL. May 22, 1873. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com. "CANNON, Joseph Gurney, (1836 - 1926)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress...
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    term, breaking the record of 23 terms first set by former Speaker Joseph Gurney Cannon, whose service had been non-consecutive, whereas Sabath's was not...
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  • – via Internet Archive, digitized in 2007. House Document 108–204 – The Cannon Centenary Conference: The Changing Nature of the Speakership Official website...
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  • of measures intended to check the power of the disliked Speaker Joseph Gurney Cannon (R–Illinois). The modern version, however, was adopted in 1931 by...
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    Schanfarber Timothy L. Woodruff, Businessman and Former Politician Joseph Gurney Cannon, Speaker of the House Augustus E. Willson, Governor of Kentucky Henry...
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    opposed any restrictions on immigration. In 1906, the House Speaker Joseph Gurney Cannon, a conservative Republican, worked aggressively to defeat a proposed...
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    chairmanship to Joseph Gurney Cannon, who had served more nonconsecutive terms in the House and would have outranked Henderson had Cannon not lost his House...
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    The speakership reached its zenith during the term of Republican Joseph Gurney Cannon, from 1903 to 1911. The speaker's powers included chairmanship of...
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    as "Czar Reed". In the 1890s and 1900s, Reed and his successor, Joseph Gurney Cannon (R-Illinois) used the Rules Committee to centralize the power of...
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    (H) Democratic New York Retired 1930– 19 46 years, 0 days 999 N/A Joseph Gurney Cannon (H, I) Republican Illinois Defeated, defeated, retired 1836–1926...
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  • people Joseph Adrian Cannon (born 1949), American businessman and politician Joseph Gurney Cannon (1836–1926), American politician Kessler R. Cannon (1915–1986)...
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    had been associated with progressives, had to deal with Speaker Joseph Gurney Cannon who was a part of the conservatives. Sherman, who had more experience...
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  • Webster, John C. Calhoun, Jefferson Davis, Thomas Brackett Reed, Joseph Gurney Cannon, George William Norris, Jeannette Rankin, and Everett Dirksen. The...
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    Roosevelt's version of the bill. In a moment of frustration, House Speaker Joseph Gurney Cannon commented on Roosevelt's desire for executive branch control in domestic...
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    conservative Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon and allies of the meatpacking industry. Roosevelt and Cannon agreed to a compromise bill that became...
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    Taft was nominated with 702 votes to 68 for Knox, 67 for Hughes, 58 for Cannon, 40 for Fairbanks, 25 for La Follette, 16 for Foraker, 3 for President Roosevelt...
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    extremely powerful under leaders such as Thomas Reed in 1890 and Joseph Gurney Cannon. By the beginning of the 20th century, party structures and leadership...
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    Lincoln of Springfield, Illinois. He also became a mentor to young Joseph Gurney Cannon. In 1850, Usher was elected to serve in the Indiana General Assembly...
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    Burnette, actor James E. Callaway, politician John H. Campbell, jurist Joseph Gurney Cannon, longtime Speaker of the US House Philip F. Deaver, author Gary Forrester...
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    1893) defeating Joseph Gurney Cannon. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1892 to the Fifty-third Congress, losing to Cannon (who regained...
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    important part in running the House and advancing a political platform; Joseph Gurney Cannon, speaker from 1903 to 1911, is an extreme example. The vice president...
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    (1836–1932) Ohio 8 December 5, 1881 March 4, 1883   Himself 1881–1883 48th Joseph Gurney Cannon (1836–1926) Illinois 15 March 4, 1883 March 3, 1889   Carlisle 1883–1889...
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    constant critic of machine politics, challenging both Matthew Quay and Joseph Gurney Cannon within his party. John Dalzell was born in New York City. He moved...
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