List of Famous people who died in 1926

Joseph Gurney Cannon

First Name Joseph
Last Name Cannon
Born on May 7, 1836
Died on November 12, 1926 (aged 90)

Joseph Gurney Cannon was a United States politician from Illinois and leader of the Republican Party. Cannon served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1911, and many consider him to be the most dominant Speaker in United States history, with such control over the House that he could often control debate. The Cannon House Office Building, the oldest congressional office building, completed in 1908, was named for him in 1962.

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