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The Basics
Location
Capitol Square, S.E.
Common Name: Red Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus borealis
Current Location: Capitol Square, S.E.
Planted: 1913
Sponsor: Speaker Joseph G. Cannon (Ill.)
Honoree Details
Speaker of the House of Representatives Joseph Cannon served for 46 years as a republican representative from Illinois and was Speaker from 1903 to 1911.