CANNON, JOSEPH GURNEY

1836–1926, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1903–11), b. Guilford co., N.C. A lawyer in Illinois, Cannon served as a Republican in Congress from 1873 to 1923, except for the years 1891–93 and 1913–15, when first the Populists and then the Progressives were able to defeat him. As speaker he carried the traditional power of his office to appoint all legislative committees to its ultimate arbitrary extremes, dictatorially ruling the House in the interest of his fellow "Old Guard" Republicans and suppressing minority groups. In Mar., 1910, insurgent Republicans, led by George W. Norris and supported by all the Democrats, passed a resolution that, by providing that the House itself should appoint the important Committee on Rules with the speaker ineligible for membership, broke Cannon's power.

See C. R. Atkinson, The Committee on Rules and the Overthrow of Speaker Cannon (1911); L. W. Busbey, Uncle Joe Cannon (1927, repr. 1971); B. Bolles, Tyrant from Illinois (1951, repr. 1974); W. R. Gwinn, Uncle Joe Cannon, Archfoe of Insurgency (1957).

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books on: Cannon Joseph Gurney  - 26 results

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Memoirs of Joseph John Gurney: With Selections from His Journal and Correspondence - Vol. 2
Book by Joseph Bevan Braithwaite; Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1854
Subjects: Gurney, Joseph John--1788-1847
...in travelling; the Bible and Comstocks familiar work on Philosophy having been in addition to William Kenworthy, and Horace Cannon my acceptable companions. Yesterday was a favoured one. After holding a very solemn farewell meeting, we cleared off
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Uncle Joe Cannon: The Story of a Pioneer American
Book by L. White Busbey, Katherine Graves Busbey; H. Holt and Company, 1927
Subjects: Cannon, Joseph Gurney--1836-1926, United States--Politics And Government--1865-
...Bede, Adam, 271 Bennett, Joseph B., 306 Benton, Thomas...Harrison, 173 Blackburn, Joseph, 146 Blackhawk War, xxii...Canadian Reciprocity, 289 Cannon, George Q., 132 Cannon, Joseph Gurney: Ability as politician...
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The Oxford Companion to British History
Book by John Cannon; Oxford University Press, 1997
Subjects: Great Britain--History--Encyclopedias
...Reformer. Elizabeth Fry was born into the quaker family of Gurney, bankers of Norwich, and brought up at Earlham Hall. At the age of 20 she married another quaker banker, Joseph Fry, and went on to raise a large family. In 1807 her sister...
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Facts about the Presidents: A Compilation of Biographical and Historical Data
Book by Joseph Nashan Kane; H. W. Wilson, 1959
Subjects: Presidents--United States
...Goodwin Bennett, N.Y. Speaker of the House --Joseph Gurney Cannon, Ill., elected Nov. 9, 1903 Clerk of the House...Goodwin Bennett, N.Y. Speaker of the House --Joseph Gurney Cannon, Ill., reelected Dec. 4, 1905 Clerk of...
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American Nicknames: Their Origin and Significance
Book by George Earlie Shankle; H. W. Wilson, 1955
Subjects: Names, Geographical--United States, Names, Personal, Nicknames--United States
...Buffalo, N.Y. Cannon, Clarence Clarence Cannon, a Missouri educator...and is the author of Cannons Procedure and National...Manual. Clarence Cannon was born at Elsberry...1944. Cannon, Joseph Gurney Joseph Gurney Cannon...
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journal articles on: Cannon Joseph Gurney  - 4 results

 
 
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Sisters of the Clover Club
Journal article by Martha R. Kay, Janet D. Cornelius; Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Vol. 94, 2001
...saloons, music stores, bicycle shops." In 1896, due to the influence of local congressman and House Speaker Joseph Gurney Cannon, the construction of a local unit of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers added thousands of veterans...
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PART TWO: Edgar Lee Hewett and the Political Process
Journal article by Raymond Harris Thompson; Journal of the Southwest, Vol. 42, 2000
Subjects: Antiquities Act, Antiquities--Protection and preservation, Archaeological Institute of America--History, Archaeology, Hewett, Edgar Lee--Political activity, Historic sites, National parks and reserves--Political aspects, National parks--Political aspects, Southwestern United States
...year before when several archaeologists unsuccessfully brought pressure on the autocratic Speaker of the House, Joseph Gurney Cannon of Illinois, to reverse his decision not to bring the Lodge-Rodenberg bill to the floor during the last few...
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Phi Alpha Theta Initiates
Journal article; The Historian, Vol. 67, 2005
...Cameron, Crystal Cannon, Grant S. Lyerly...Kimberly C. Nichols, Joseph B. Patrick, Susan...Diedalis, Brian James Gurney, Gina Lynn Ignatowski...Mark Materna, Joseph A. McFalls, III...Cassandra L. Hay, Joseph E. Lawn, Ryan A...Atkinson, Neeka M. Cannon, Kelsey M. DeForge...
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Books Recently Published
Journal article by Karen R. Little, James Procell; Music Library Association. Notes, Vol. 66, 2009
...2008-564625. Blevins, Pamela. Ivor Gurney Marion Scott: song of pain and beauty...Bd. 26 Preface in German and English. Cannon, Roderick D. The Highland bagpipe and...other rock apocryphals. London: Michael Joseph, 2007. xv, 268 p. ISBN 0718149815...


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magazine articles on: Cannon Joseph Gurney  - 5 results

 
 
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Season Preview 2011-12: The Year's Top 10 Most-Produced Plays
Magazine article by Diep Tran; American Theatre, Vol. 28, October 2011
Subjects: Drama--Appreciation, Drama--Calendars, Drama--Personalities, Plays--Appreciation, Plays--Calendars, Plays--Personalities
...Playground Injuries, Rajiv Joseph; dir: Aditi KapiL Nov 11...com On tour: Charlottes Web, Joseph Robinette; dir: Chris Roebuck...Lion, the Witch the Wardrobe, Joseph Robinette. Feb 28-Mar 12...Neal Richardson; dir: Jason Cannon-Jan 17-Apr 1. A Steady...
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September: On Stage
Magazine article; American Theatre, Vol. 11, September 1994
Subjects: Theater--Calendars, schedules, etc.
...Theatre Mother Goose, Jack Cannon; dir: Jeanmarie Collins...Love, Sam Shepard and Joseph Chaikin (also dir...Later Life, A.R. Gurney; dir: Nicholas Martin...Later Life, A.R. Gurney; dir: Mark Rucker...Arsenic and Old Lace, Joseph Kesselring; dir: Warren...
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On Stage
Magazine article; American Theatre, Vol. 28, April 2011
Subjects: Drama--Calendars, Drama--Directories, Plays--Calendars, Plays--Directories
...Play, adapt and dir: Joseph Jonah Therrien from Strindberg...Arsenic and Old Lace, Joseph Kesselring; dir: Joe...Miller; dir: Jason Cannon, Neal Richardson. Thru...org Sylvia, A. R. Gurney. Apr 14-May 8. Classic...Roger Miller; dir: Joseph Haj. Apr 6-24. The...
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February on Stage
Magazine article; American Theatre, Vol. 19, February 2002
Subjects: Theater--Information services
...Lordi. Feb 8-May 12. JOSEPH PAPP PUBLIC THEATER...Buffalo Gal, A. R. Gurney; dir: John Tillinger...Charlottes Web, adapt: Joseph Robinette from E. B...also dir) and Jason Cannon from Jaqueline Susana...Charlottes Web, adapt: Joseph Rohinette from E.B...
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DEATH TRIP : The American Way of Execution
Magazine article by Robert Sherrill; The Nation, Vol. 272, January 8, 2001
Subjects: Capital punishment--Public opinion, Execution (Punishment)--Evaluation, Executioners--Evaluation, Executions and executioners--Evaluation, United States--Laws, regulations and rules
...public to attend. When Jesse Joseph Tafero was electrocuted in...2000, Bennie Demps lay on the gurney while technicians struggled...the witnesses, put them on a gurney and lets rock and roll...notorious sleeper was Joe Frank Cannon, who was popular with some...greased lightning." Ten of Cannons twelve capital clients went...


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newspaper articles on: Cannon Joseph Gurney  - 11 results

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Cannon House Office Building Damaged in Fire
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, February 26, 2000
Cannon House Office Building damaged...second-floor blaze at the Cannon House Office Building last...Capitol. From 1903 to 1910, Joseph Gurney Cannon was the most powerful...in U.S. history. The Joseph G. Cannon House Office Building...
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At-a-Glance Guide to Sats Results
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), December 14, 2010
Subjects: Hood, Joseph
...Glebe Primary 92 92 92 102.3 Cannon Lane Junior 93 93 92 99.8...Community 72 83 69 100.1 St Joseph RC Primary 65 88 62 98.7 KINGSTON...Canterbury 83 73 67 100.4 Joseph Hood Primary 77 73 67 99.2...36 98.8 WESTMINSTER Hampden Gurney CofE 100 100 100 102.7 St...
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Earlier Speakers Had Their Share of Ethics Problems: Wright Was Forced to Resign Office
Newspaper article by Thomas V. Dibacco; The Washington Times, December 23, 1996
Subjects: Wright, Jim
...House speaker was Joseph Gurney Cannon (1903-1911). Cannon, an Illinois Republican...were able to strip Cannon of much of his power...was 192-155 in Cannons favor. But the Democrats...leader of the anti-Cannon movement, Champ...
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Pelosi's Paradox; Will She Push or Pull Dems' 110th Agenda?
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, January 4, 2007
Subjects: Pelosi, Nancy--Political activity, Political parties--Laws, regulations and rules, Political parties--Political aspects, United States. Congress. House--Laws, regulations and rules
...Brackett Reed of Maine (1889-91,1895-99) and Joseph Gurney Cannon of Illinois (1903-11) to create new rules, dramatically...in 1910, when lawmakers revolted against Speaker Cannons autocratic style and adopted rules dramatically weakening...
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Death Row; You Can't Vote in Texas until You're 18 You Can't Drink until You Reach 21 Yet Kids as Young as17 Are On
Newspaper article by Anton Antonowicz Foreign Writer Of Year; The Mirror (London, England), November 19, 1998
...is to the Death House gurney. "The state put Jesus...the execution room. The gurney stretches across, just...up unassisted onto the gurney." The doctor waiting...educationally subnormal Joseph Cannon, convicted at 17, took...
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encyclopedia articles on: Cannon Joseph Gurney  - 2 results

 
 
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Cannon, Joseph Gurney
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CANNON, JOSEPH GURNEY 1836 1926, speaker of...A lawyer in Illinois, Cannon served as a Republican...for membership, broke Cannons power. See C. R. Atkinson...the Overthrow of Speaker Cannon (1911); L. W. Busbey...
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Congress of the United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...and may designate any member of the House to act in his absence. In 1910 a revolt against the powerful speaker, Joseph Gurney Cannon , resulted in the transfer of much of the power and influence of that office to the House committees . The reforms...


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