Rep. Joseph Cannon

Former Representative from Illinois's 18^th District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1915-1923	Representative	Illinois's 18^th District
1907-1913	Representative	Illinois's 18^th District
1905-1907	Representative	Illinois's 18^th District
1903-1905	Representative	Illinois's 18^th District
1901-1903	Representative	Illinois's 12^th District
1899-1901	Representative	Illinois's 12^th District
1895-1899	Representative	Illinois's 12^th District
1893-1895	Representative	Illinois's 15^th District
1889-1891	Representative	Illinois's 15^th District
1887-1889	Representative	Illinois's 15^th District
1885-1887	Representative	Illinois's 15^th District
1883-1885	Representative	Illinois's 15^th District
1881-1883	Representative	Illinois's 14^th District
1877-1881	Representative	Illinois's 14^th District
1875-1877	Representative	Illinois's 14^th District
1873-1875	Representative	Illinois's 14^th District

Voting Record

From Dec 1873 to Mar 1923, Cannon missed 1,196 of 6,145 roll call votes, which is 19.5%. This is better than the median of 25.4% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1923. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
Dec 1873-Feb 1874	78	6	7.7%	0^th
1874 Mar-May	101	4	4.0%	0^th
1874 Jun-Jun	59	6	10.2%	0^th
Dec 1874-Mar 1875	233	31	13.3%	0^th
Dec 1875-Mar 1876	59	7	11.9%	0^th
1876 Apr-Jul	102	19	18.6%	0^th
1876 Aug-Aug	37	3	8.1%	0^th
Dec 1876-Mar 1877	124	9	7.3%	0^th
1877 Oct-Dec	35	6	17.1%	0^th
Dec 1877-Feb 1878	56	3	5.4%	0^th
1878 Mar-May	100	9	9.0%	0^th
1878 Jun-Jun	64	6	9.4%	0^th
Dec 1878-Mar 1879	115	10	8.7%	0^th
1879 Mar-Jul	134	14	10.4%	0^th
Dec 1879-Feb 1880	34	4	11.8%	0^th
1880 Mar-May	115	22	19.1%	0^th
1880 Jun-Jun	32	5	15.6%	0^th
Dec 1880-Mar 1881	118	22	18.6%	0^th
Dec 1881-Mar 1882	73	18	24.7%	0^th
1882 Apr-Jul	165	20	12.1%	0^th
1882 Aug-Aug	7	3	42.9%	0^th
Dec 1882-Mar 1883	100	17	17.0%	0^th
Dec 1883-Feb 1884	33	0	0.0%	0^th
1884 Mar-May	70	14	20.0%	50^th
1884 Jun-Jul	82	24	29.3%	50^th
Dec 1884-Mar 1885	146	35	24.0%	0^th
Dec 1885-Mar 1886	36	2	5.6%	0^th
1886 Apr-Jul	155	27	17.4%	33^rd
1886 Aug-Aug	6	1	16.7%	0^th
Dec 1886-Mar 1887	103	30	29.1%	67^th
Dec 1887-Feb 1888	38	8	21.1%	29^th
1888 Mar-May	105	16	15.2%	14^th
1888 Jun-Aug	47	13	27.7%	0^th
1888 Sep-Oct	16	7	43.8%	29^th
Dec 1888-Mar 1889	113	29	25.7%	14^th
Dec 1889-Feb 1890	70	0	0.0%	0^th
1890 Mar-May	109	4	3.7%	17^th
1890 Jun-Aug	169	14	8.3%	0^th
1890 Sep-Sep	53	2	3.8%	0^th
Dec 1890-Mar 1891	173	25	14.5%	17^th
1893 Aug-Nov	66	31	47.0%	50^th
Dec 1893-Mar 1894	133	106	79.7%	63^rd
1894 Apr-Jul	101	60	59.4%	63^rd
1894 Aug-Aug	20	5	25.0%	25^th
Dec 1894-Mar 1895	48	7	14.6%	38^th
Dec 1895-Feb 1896	18	0	0.0%	0^th
1896 Mar-May	54	9	16.7%	7^th
1896 Jun-Jun	28	5	17.9%	21^st
Dec 1896-Mar 1897	62	25	40.3%	43^rd
1897 Mar-Jul	37	7	18.9%	33^rd
Dec 1897-Feb 1898	28	5	17.9%	8^th
1898 Mar-May	52	4	7.7%	0^th
1898 Jun-Jul	26	2	7.7%	8^th
Dec 1898-Mar 1899	37	16	43.2%	77^th
Dec 1899-Feb 1900	19	9	47.4%	91^st
1900 Mar-May	49	5	10.2%	17^th
1900 Jun-Jun	16	2	12.5%	39^th
Dec 1900-Mar 1901	62	19	30.6%	43^rd
Dec 1901-Feb 1902	17	4	23.5%	54^th
1902 Mar-May	22	4	18.2%	23^rd
1902 Jun-Jul	28	2	7.1%	4^th
Dec 1902-Mar 1903	113	27	23.9%	48^th
1903 Nov-Nov	3	1	33.3%	91^st
Dec 1903-Apr 1904	8	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1904-Mar 1905	4	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1905-Feb 1906	6	1	16.7%	31^st
1906 Mar-May	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1906 Jun-Jun	2	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1906-Mar 1907	8	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1907-May 1908	40	1	2.5%	3^rd
Dec 1908-Mar 1909	14	0	0.0%	0^th
1909 Mar-Aug	36	13	36.1%	93^rd
Dec 1909-Feb 1910	18	18	100.0%	99^th
1910 Mar-May	60	46	76.7%	97^th
1910 Jun-Jun	18	16	88.9%	94^th
Dec 1910-Mar 1911	66	55	83.3%	99^th
1911 Apr-Aug	47	2	4.3%	14^th
Dec 1911-Mar 1912	58	6	10.3%	21^st
1912 Apr-Jul	57	7	12.3%	18^th
1912 Aug-Aug	29	4	13.8%	27^th
Dec 1912-Mar 1913	64	11	17.2%	33^rd
Dec 1915-Feb 1916	15	2	13.3%	55^th
1916 Mar-May	53	0	0.0%	0^th
1916 Jun-Aug	19	4	21.1%	42^nd
1916 Sep-Sep	3	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1916-Mar 1917	62	10	16.1%	56^th
1917 Apr-Jun	36	4	11.1%	53^rd
1917 Jul-Sep	10	0	0.0%	0^th
1917 Oct-Oct	3	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1917-Feb 1918	33	5	15.2%	49^th
1918 Mar-May	63	2	3.2%	5^th
1918 Jun-Aug	33	5	15.2%	22^nd
1918 Sep-Oct	14	1	7.1%	15^th
Dec 1918-Mar 1919	62	5	8.1%	24^th
1919 May-Jul	61	6	9.8%	26^th
1919 Aug-Oct	49	3	6.1%	12^th
1919 Nov-Nov	16	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1919-Feb 1920	39	4	10.3%	24^th
1920 Mar-May	70	8	11.4%	23^rd
1920 Jun-Jun	7	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1920-Mar 1921	91	19	20.9%	63^rd
1921 Apr-Jun	56	15	26.8%	64^th
1921 Jul-Aug	48	5	10.4%	25^th
1921 Oct-Nov	27	6	22.2%	50^th
Dec 1921-Feb 1922	46	20	43.5%	74^th
1922 Mar-May	47	7	14.9%	30^th
1922 Jun-Aug	54	16	29.6%	41^st
1922 Sep-Sep	13	0	0.0%	0^th
1922 Nov-Nov	5	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1922-Mar 1923	59	19	32.2%	56^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Rep. Joseph Cannon [R-IL18, 1915-1923] leaves office as Representative for Illinois's 18th congressional district

Mar 03, 1923

Elections and Offices

Rep. Joseph Cannon [R-IL18, 1915-1923] takes office as Representative for Illinois's 18th congressional district

Dec 06, 1915

Elections and Offices

Rep. Joseph Cannon [R-IL18, 1915-1923] leaves office as Representative for Illinois's 18th congressional district

Mar 03, 1913

Elections and Offices

Rep. Joseph Cannon [R-IL18, 1915-1923] takes office as Representative for Illinois's 18th congressional district

Dec 02, 1907

Elections and Offices

Rep. Joseph Cannon [R-IL18, 1915-1923] leaves office as Representative for Illinois's 18th congressional district

Mar 03, 1907