Joseph Gurney Cannon (1836–1926), U.S. Representative from Illinois and Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives; nicknamed "Uncle Joe"
George Norris, from Nebraska, for opposing Joseph Gurney Cannon's autocratic power as Speaker of the House, for speaking out against arming U.S. merchant ships during the United States' neutral period in World War I, and for supporting the Presidential Campaign of Democrat Al Smith.
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O'Hair was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress from March 4, 1913 to March 3, 1915, defeating former Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon.
Busey was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1893) defeating Joseph Gurney Cannon.