Joseph A. Cannon

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Joseph Angus Cannon (commonly known as Joe Cannon) was Chairman of the Utah Republican Party from 2002 to 2006. Cannon was a candidate for the U.S. Senate in 1992 (defeated by current Senator Robert F. Bennett) and served as an assistant administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from 1983 - 1985. He was named editor of the Deseret Morning News on December 8, 2006.

Cannon was born in 1949.^[1] Cannon served a mission in Ireland, and also for a time served on the Isle of Man the ancestral homeland of the Cannons.^[2] Cannon received a degree in political science, and, in 1977, a law degree, from Brigham Young University.

Cannon played a pivotal role in the purchase of Geneva Steel from U.S. Steel in 1987. Subsequent to that transaction, he became Chairman of Geneva Steel.

[edit] Family

Main article: Cannon Family

Joe Cannon is part of the well-known politically powerful Cannon Family of Utah. His brother, Chris Cannon is a Congressman, and he is also the grandson, and great-grandson of Utah Congressmen, and cousin of other Utah Congressmen.

Cannon married Jan Barney, and they became the parents of seven chidren.

[edit] References

1. ^ Inferrred from age given in LDS Church News article, January 13th, 2007
2. ^ LDS Church News, January 13th, 2007

[edit] External sites

• Biography at Utah Republican Party website: http://www.utgop.org/leadership/joe_cannon.html

v • d • e Members of the Cannon Political Family George Q. Cannon • John Taylor • Angus Cannon • Martha Hughes Cannon John Q. Cannon • William Whitaker Taylor • Frank Cannon • Annie Wells Cannon • George M. Cannon • Joseph J. Cannon • Cavendish Cannon Edwin B. Cannon • Howard Cannon • Edwin Q. Cannon • Donald Cannon • Joe Cannon • Chris Cannon

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