Editing Joseph Gurney Cannon (section)

== Later House career ==
After Republicans became the minority party in the House, Cannon refused to serve as minority leader. He returned as ranking member of the Appropriations Committee, which he had chaired before his term as Speaker. While as chair he had favored lower spending, as ranking member he presented numerous expenditure measures to the Democratic majority. When the Insurgents' revolt of 1910 evolved into [[Progressive Party (United States, 1912–1920)|the Republican Party split of 1912]], Cannon was defeated for re-election.{{Sfn|Mooney|1964|pp=112–122}} He returned in 1914 and was re-elected each congressional election until 1920. He was a critic of President [[Woodrow Wilson]] and [[U.S. entry into World War I]]. He was also an outspoken critic of Wilson's [[League of Nations]].

Cannon declined to run in the 1922 congressional election and retired at the end of his last term in 1923;{{Sfn|Mooney|1964|pp=112–122}} he was featured on the cover of the first issue of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine on the last day of his last term in office.