Editing Joseph Gurney Cannon (section)

==Legacy==
The [[Cannon House Office Building|first building of offices for congressmen]] outside of the [[United States Capitol]] building was named after Cannon.

=== Public image ===
His antic speaking style, diminutive stature and pugnacious manner were his trademarks. The newspapers frequently lampooned him as a colorful rube.

Despite his reputation for tyranny in the House, Cannon was well-liked by colleagues and friends in Washington, including members of the opposition.{{Sfn|Mooney|1964|pp=90–96}}{{Sfn|Bolles|1951|pp=1–7}}

=== Length of service ===
Cannon is to date the second longest-serving Republican Representative, surpassed only by [[Alaska]] congressman [[Don Young]], and also was the first member of Congress of either party ever to [[List of United States Congressmen by longevity of service#House and Senate time|surpass 40 years of service]] (non-consecutive). His congressional career spanned 46 years of cumulative service, a concurrent 50 years, barring two terms after which he came back—a record not broken until 1959. He is the longest-serving member ever of the House of Representatives in Illinois, although the longest continuous service belongs to [[Adolph J. Sabath]]. He served in the House during the terms of 11 presidents, a record he shares with [[John Dingell]] and [[Jamie Whitten]].

Cannon is to date the second-longest continuously serving Republican Speaker in history, after another Illinoisan, [[Dennis Hastert]], who surpassed him on June 1, 2006.