Subjects – Cannon House Office Building
Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon of Illinois
May 07, 1836
Speaker Joseph Gurney Cannon of Illinois was born in Guilford, North Carolina. “Uncle Joe” Cannon’s career in Congress spanned almost five decades.
The first House Office Building room selection
January 09, 1908
In an elaborate ceremony, the Members of the House of Representatives selected office assignments for the first time.
The original House Office Building opened for occupation
December 12, 1908
On this date in 1908, the original House Office Building opened for occupation.
The infamous House bootlegger known as the “Man in the Green Hat”
October 23, 1930
On this date, the Washington Post published the first installment of an expose on the “Man in the Green Hat”: George Cassiday, a bootlegger who sold alcohol to Representatives during the 1920s.
The House Committee on the Library’s report on the condition of House Records
June 01, 1937
The House Committee on the Library recommended the “Transfer of Certain Records of House of Representatives to National Archives” (H. Rpt. No. 917, 75th Cong., 1st sess.)
The 1948 Alger Hiss–Whittaker Chambers hearing before HUAC
August 25, 1948
On this date, former State Department official Alger Hiss, and Whittaker Chambers, a former communist spy and magazine editor, faced each other in a public hearing before the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC).
The naming of the House Office Buildings
May 21, 1962
On this date, the House Office Buildings were named to honor three famous Speakers of the House: Joseph Cannon of Illinois, Nicholas Longworth of Ohio, and Sam Rayburn of Texas.
The House Select Committee on Organized Crime
May 24, 1972
On this date, the House Select Committee on Crime held hearings to investigate the involvement of organized crime in American sports.