Joseph Gurney Cannon, grand old man of Congress, will retire from public life. At the age of 86, having served 23 terms in the House of Representatives, he feels that he has earned the right to ...

He was Speaker John Joseph Gurney Cannon, and the rebellion against his despotism occurred 100 years ago this week. But the revolt against Cannon, known in the capital as Uncle Joe, is no ...

There was a time when if eight Republicans tried to do to Joseph Gurney Cannon what they did to Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), a mere Commodus-like thumbs-down signal would not only stop them in ...

He was Speaker John Joseph Gurney Cannon, and the rebellion against his despotism occurred 100 years ago this week. But the revolt against Cannon, known in the capital as Uncle Joe, is no ...

He was Speaker of the House of Representatives and his full name was John Joseph Gurney Cannon, but Americans called him “Uncle Joe.” Uncle Joe came up the hard way, and the country respected ...

Had the virtue of a young Parke County woman never been brought into question, it is possible that history wouldn’t have known Joseph Gurney Cannon at all. But by a stroke of fate, the Parke ...

He smoked cigars by the score and wore a felt hat at his desk as well as in the street. He was Speaker John Joseph Gurney Cannon, and the rebellion against his despotism occurred 100 years ago ...