Cannon, Joseph Gurney
Born: May 07, 1836 AD
Died: 1926 AD, at 90 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Politician
Died: 1926 AD, at 90 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Politician
1836 - He was born in Guilford, Guilford County, North Carolina on the 7th of May.
1858 - He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Terre Haute, Indiana, but was disappointed when Usher refused to offer him a place in his office.
1861-1868 - He became State's attorney for the twenty-seventh judicial district of Illinois, holding the position.
- He became a follower of Abraham Lincoln during the Lincoln-Douglas debates.
1873-1891 - Cannon, a member of the Republican Party, was elected as to the United States House of Representatives from Illinois to the Forty-second and to the eight succeeding Congresses, and was the chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Forty-seventh Congress), Committee on Appropriations (Fifty-first Congress).
1893-1913 - He was elected to the Fifty-third and to the nine succeeding Congresses.
- He received fifty-eight votes for the presidential nomination at the Republican National Convention at Chicago.
1922 - Cannon retired, he was featured on the cover of the first issue of Time magazine on the last day of his term in office.
1926 - Joseph Cannon died in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois on the 12th of November.
1858 - He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Terre Haute, Indiana, but was disappointed when Usher refused to offer him a place in his office.
1861-1868 - He became State's attorney for the twenty-seventh judicial district of Illinois, holding the position.
- He became a follower of Abraham Lincoln during the Lincoln-Douglas debates.
1873-1891 - Cannon, a member of the Republican Party, was elected as to the United States House of Representatives from Illinois to the Forty-second and to the eight succeeding Congresses, and was the chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Forty-seventh Congress), Committee on Appropriations (Fifty-first Congress).
1893-1913 - He was elected to the Fifty-third and to the nine succeeding Congresses.
- He received fifty-eight votes for the presidential nomination at the Republican National Convention at Chicago.
1922 - Cannon retired, he was featured on the cover of the first issue of Time magazine on the last day of his term in office.
1926 - Joseph Cannon died in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois on the 12th of November.
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