Background
Cannon, Joseph Gurney was born on May 7, 1836 in Guilford, North Carolina, United States. Son of Doctor Horace F. and Gulielma (Hollingsworth) Cannon.
Cannon, Joseph Gurney was born on May 7, 1836 in Guilford, North Carolina, United States. Son of Doctor Horace F. and Gulielma (Hollingsworth) Cannon.
Admitted to Illinois, bar, 1858. (Doctor of Laws, University of Illinois, 1903).
State's attorney, 27th Judicial District of Illinois, 1861-1868. Member 43d to 51st Congresses (1873-1891), 53d to 57th Congresses (1893-1903), 12th Illinois District and 58th to 62d Congresses (1903-1913), 64th to 66th Congresses, 1915-1921), 18th Illinois District. Chairman Committee on Appropriations, 51st, 55th, 56th and 57th Congresses.
Speaker United States House of Representatives, 58th, 59th, 60th and 61st Congresses (1903-1911).
Received 58 votes for presidential nomination, Republican National Convention, Chicago, 1908.
Member 43d to 51st Congresses (1873-1891), 53d to 57th Congresses (1893-1903), 12th Illinois District and 58th to 62d Congresses (1903-1913), 64th to 66th Congresses, 1915-1921), 18th Illinois District.
Married Mary P. Reed, January 1862.