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[Joseph Gurney Cannon, 1836-1926] – Vintage Print

[Joseph Gurney Cannon, 1836-1926], c1912. — historic photograph
[Joseph Gurney Cannon, 1836-1926], c1912.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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[Joseph Gurney Cannon, 1836-1926]

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Joseph Gurney Cannon, a Republican congressman from Illinois, is shown here around 1912, when he was one of the most powerful and most resented men in Washington. He served as Speaker of the House from 1903 to 1911, and his tight control over committee assignments and floor procedure earned him the nickname "Uncle Joe." In 1910 a coalition of insurgent Republicans and Democrats stripped much of that power from the Speaker's office, a fight that reshaped how the House operated. The print comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection, the work of a news photographer whose pictures document the political figures of that era.

Created / publishedc1912.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesTitle and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Photo by Bain. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,078 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-118620

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