Long before Danville knew Dick and Jerry Van Dyke, Gene Hackman, Bobby Short, Donald O’Connor, Helen Morgan, Joe Tanner and Irving Azoff, it had another hometown hero: Joseph Cannon, of 418 N. Vermilion St.
One-hundred years ago — Nov. 12, 1926 — the city’s favorite son died at age 90. “Uncle Joe” Cannon had served 46 years in the U.S. House, a record at that time. He was a legendary House speaker, serving from 1903-11. The so-called “Tyrant from Illinois” wielded legislative power unequaled in U.S. history.
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