Subjects –
Cannon, Joseph (Uncle Joe)
The unveiling of the Capitol model
March 31, 1904
On this date, a model of the Capitol, designed to show the building with the East Front extension originally envisioned by architect Thomas U. Walter, was unveiled in the Rotunda.
The Speaker’s broken gavels
June 23, 1906
On this date, Speaker of the House Joseph Cannon of Illinois broke a gavel while putting the House into the Committee of the Whole for further consideration of a bill.
The “Comebacks” of the 64th Congress
December 05, 1915
As the 64th Congress (1915–1917) began to organize itself, the House of Representatives experienced a monumental return of former Members to the House as more than nearly one-third of its Membership had not served is the prior Congress.