Politician (7-May-1836 — 12-Nov-1926)

SUBJECT OF BOOKS

Blair Bolles. Tyrant From Illinois: Uncle Joe Cannon's Experiment With Personal Power. New York: W. W. Norton. 1951. 248pp.

Joseph Gurney Cannon; with L. White Busbey. Uncle Joe Cannon: The Story of a Pioneer American. New York: Henry Holt & Co.. 1927. 362pp.

William Rea Gwinn. Uncle Joe Cannon: Archfoe of Insurgency: A History of the Rise and Fall of Cannonism. Bookman Associates. 1957.

Booth Mooney. Mr. Speaker: Four Men Who Shaped the U.S. House of Representatives: Henry Clay, Thomas Reed, Joseph Cannon, Sam Rayburn. Chicago, IL: Follet. 1964.

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6. Congressional Biography [link]

7. Encyclopedia of American Biography (p.173)

8. International Dictionary of 20th Century Biography (p.119)

9. Webster's American Biographies (p.173)

10. Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography (p.114)

11. Concise Dictionary of American Biography (p.142)

12. The World Almanac Biographical Dictionary (p.168)

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