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George Quayle Cannon, 1827-1901
George Quayle Cannon, 1827-1901

The Cannon Family is a prominent U.S. political family in the states of Utah, Nevada and Idaho descending from the 19th century marriage of George Cannon and Ann Quayle before their emigration from Peel, Isle of Man. The family's most famous member was their oldest son George Quayle Cannon. The family is linked by marriage to the Bennion, Taylor, Wells and Young political families.

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[edit] 19th century

[edit] John Taylor

1 November 1808-25 July 1887

[edit] George Quayle Cannon

11 January 1827-21 April 1901

  • Also known as George Q. Cannon
  • Served as a member of the Utah Territorial Council (Senate) from Salt Lake County, 1865-6 and 1869-72; delegate of the U.S. House of Representatives to present the constitution and memorial for admission of the Territory of Utah as a state of the union, 1872; delegate of the U.S. House of Representatives from Utah, 1873-81; candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives from Utah, defeated 1882; member of the Deseret University board of regents (now University of Utah); and chancellor of Deseret University
  • Affiliated politically with the Republican Party
  • Husband of Elizabeth Hoagland Cannon, Sarah Jane Jenne Cannon, Eliza Lamercia Tenney Cannon, Martha Telle Cannon, Emily Hoagland Cannon, Caroline Partridge Young Croxall Cannon and Susanne De La Mare Cannon
  • Also: Son in-law of Brigham Young who served as the first Utah territorial governor, 1850-8

[edit] Angus Munn Cannon

17 May 1834-7 June 1915

  • Served as a mayor of St. George, Utah, 1861
  • Stood as a Republican Party candidate in the 1896 "at large" election for state senator from Salt Lake County. Defeated by his wife, Martha Maria Hughes Cannon, who ran as a Democrat.
  • Husband of Ann Amanda Mousley Cannon, Sarah Maria Mousley Cannon, Clarissa Cordelia Moses Mason Cannon, Martha Maria Hughes Cannon, Maria Bennion Cannon and Johanna Cristina Danielson Cannon
  • Also: Half brother in-law of Heber Bennion who served as a member of the Utah Territorial Legislature, 1889, and as a Democratic member of the Utah House of Representatives from Salt Lake County, Utah, 1897-9 and 1919, and of Harden Bennion who served as a Democratic member of the Utah Senate from Salt Lake County, 1899-1905, and as a Utah secretary of state, 1916-20; and half first cousin once removed in-law of Adam Samuel Bennion who served as a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate from Utah, defeated 1944

[edit] John Quayle Cannon

19 April 1857-14 January 1931

  • Also known as John Q. Cannon
  • Served as a brigadier general of the Utah National Guard, 1903-4
  • Not known to have affiliated politically with a party

[edit] Martha Maria Hughes Cannon M.D.

1 July 1857-10 July 1932

  • Also known as Martha H. Cannon and Mattie Hughes Cannon
  • Served as a member of the Utah Senate from Salt Lake County (first female state senator in the United States), 1897-9
  • Affiliated politically with the Democratic Party

[edit] Franklin Jenne Cannon

25 January 1859-25 July 1933

[edit] Elizabeth Anne Wells Cannon

7 December 1859-2 September 1942

[edit] George Mousley Cannon

25 December 1861-23 January 1937

  • Also known as George M. Cannon
  • Served as a member of the Utah Senate from Salt Lake County, 1896
  • Not known to have affiliated politically with a party

[edit] Joseph Jenne Cannon

22 May 1877-5 November 1945

  • Also known as Joseph J. Cannon
  • Served as a member of the Utah House of Representatives from Salt Lake County, 1909
  • Not known to have affiliated politically with a party although his son Mark Wilcox Cannon recalls that he later viewed himself as a Republican.

[edit] Cavendish Wells Cannon

1 February 1895-7 October 1962

  • Also known as Cavendish W. Cannon
  • Served as a member of the U.S. Foreign Service, 1947-58
  • Not known to have affiliated politically with a party

[edit] 20th century

[edit] Edwin Bennion Cannon

2 January 1910-12 November 1963

[edit] Howard Walter Cannon

26 January 1912-5 March 2002

[edit] Edwin Quayle Cannon

6 May 1918 – 6 April 2005

[edit] Donald James Cannon

8 December 1919-5 March 1998

[edit] James H. Cannon

Son of Martha Hughes and Angus Munn Cannon, founder of the Cannon Electric Company in Los Angeles, California - best known for the 'Cannon connector' (also known as the XLR connector) widely used today.

[edit] Joseph A. Cannon

Born 31 July 1949

  • Also known as Joe Cannon and Joseph A. Cannon
  • Served as a candidate for the U.S. Senate from Utah, defeated 1992; and as an assistant administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Air and Radiation, 1983-5
  • Affiliated politically with the Republican Party; serves as the Utah Republican chairman, 2001-2006; served as a Republican presidential elector from Utah, 2004; and is presently editor-in-chief of The Deseret News

[edit] Christopher Black Cannon

Born 20 October 1950

[edit] References

  • Evans, Beatrice Cannon and Cannon, Janath Russell, Cannon Family Historical Treasury, Second Edition, 1995, George Cannon Family Association, Publishers Press Inc., Salt Lake City
  • Cannon, Robert J. "MBA's WE WEREN'T - Memories and Anecdotes of Cannon Electric 1915-1964, and the two men who ran it." Self Published by Robert J. Cannon, 1988.

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Members of the Cannon Political Family