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Joseph Gurney Cannon (* 7. Mai 1836 in Guilford, Guilford County, North Carolina; † 12. November 1926 in Danville, Illinois) war ein US-amerikanischer Rechtsanwalt und Politiker ( Republikanische Partei ), der zwischen 1903 und 1911 Sprecher des Repräsentantenhauses war.
Joseph Gurney Cannon (May 7, 1836 – November 12, 1926) was an American politician from Illinois and leader of the Republican Party. Cannon represented parts of Illinois in the United States House of Representatives for twenty-three non-consecutive terms between 1873 and 1923; upon his retirement, he was the longest serving member ...
Joseph Gurney Cannon (born May 7, 1836, Guilford county, North Carolina, U.S.—died November 12, 1926, Danville, Illinois) was an American politician who was a longtime member of the U.S. House of Representatives. As speaker of the House (1903–11), he exerted incredible power and influence.
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21. Mai 2018 · Joseph Gurney Cannon (1836-1926) was the American politician whose arbitrary, often dictatorial, methods as Speaker of the House gave rise to the term "Cannonism." Joseph Cannon was born in Guilford, N.C., on May 7, 1836, of old English and Huguenot stock.
Joseph Gurney Cannon was an American politician from Illinois and leader of the Republican Party. Cannon represented parts of Illinois in the United States House of Representatives for twenty-three non-consecutive terms between 1873 and 1923; upon his retirement, he was the longest serving member of the United States Congress ever. From 1903 to ...
7 May 1836–12 Nov. 1926. Joseph Gurney Cannon, congressman and speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, was born in New Garden, Guilford County, the son of Gulielma Hollingsworth and Dr. Horace Franklin Cannon, one of the founders of Guilford College. The family moved to Indiana when Cannon was six and afterward moved to Illinois.
Read TIME's first-ever cover story on Joseph Gurney Cannon's retirement from public life from TIME's first issue. From March 3, 1923: Joseph Gurney Cannon, grand old man of Congress,...
