{{Short description|Prominent American political family}} [[File:George Q. Cannon - Brady-Handy.jpg|300px|right|thumb|"Cannon, Hon. Geo. Q. of Utah" c. 1873–1881, from Brady-Handy Collection, Library of Congress]] The '''Cannon family''' is a prominent [[List of United States political families|U.S. political family]] in the states of [[Utah]], [[Nevada]] and [[Idaho]] which [[Family history|descends]] from the 19th century marriage of George Cannon and Ann Quayle before their [[emigration]] from [[Peel, Isle of Man]]. The family's most powerful politician was their oldest son [[George Q. Cannon]]. The family is connected by marriage to the Bennion, Taylor, Wells and Young political families.
==19th century==
===[[John Taylor (Mormon)|John Taylor]]=== November 1, 1808 to July 25, 1887 * Served in 1842 as a member of the [[Nauvoo, Illinois|Nauvoo, Ill.]], [[Mayor-council government|Council]]; in 1842 as a regent of the University of Nauvoo; in 1842 as a judge-advocate of the Nauvoo Legion; from 1857 to 1876 as a member of the [[Utah#Law and government|Utah Territorial House of Representatives]] from [[Salt Lake County, Utah|Salt Lake County]]; from 1868 to 1870 as a probate judge of [[Utah County, Utah|Utah County]]; and in 1876 as the superintendent of schools of the [[Utah Territory|Territory of Utah]]<ref name="Cannon Family Historical Treasury">{{Cite book | last=Evans | first=Beatrice Cannon | author2=Janath Russell Cannon | title=Cannon Family Historical Treasury | publisher=George Cannon Family Association | edition=Second | year=1995 | location=Salt Lake City }}</ref><ref name="John Taylor"> {{Cite encyclopedia | title=John Taylor | encyclopedia=Utah History Encyclopedia | publisher=University of Utah Press | date=March 2004 | url=http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/t/TAYLOR,JOHN.html | accessdate=2011-06-19 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608090437/http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/t/TAYLOR,JOHN.html | archive-date=2011-06-08 | url-status=dead }} </ref><ref name="David H. Cannon">{{Cite web | title=David H. Cannon | publisher=Cynthia Burgess "Cindy" Alldredge | date=2004-12-28 | url=http://www.davidhcannon.org/ | accessdate=2011-06-19}}</ref><ref name="John Taylor, 3rd President of the Church -- Basic Facts">{{Cite web | title=John Taylor, 3rd President of the Church | work=Church History | publisher=The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | year=2004 | url=http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/presidents/controllers/potcController.jsp?leader=3&topic=facts | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040808201452/http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/presidents/controllers/potcController.jsp?leader=3&topic=facts | url-status=dead | archive-date=2004-08-08 | accessdate=2011-06-19}}</ref><ref name="The Official George Q. Cannon Family History Collection">{{Cite web | title=The Official George Q. Cannon Family History Collection | publisher=S. Hunter Cannon | date=2010-04-03 | url=http://www.georgeqcannon.com/ | accessdate=2011-06-19}}</ref><ref name="Cannundrums">{{Cite web | title=Cannundrums | publisher=Robert J. "Bob" Cannon | url=https://cannundrum.blogspot.com/ | accessdate=2011-06-19}}</ref><ref name="The George and Ann Quayle Cannon Family">{{Cite web | title=The George and Ann Quayle Cannon Family | publisher=Sedgwick Research | url=http://www.sedgwickresearch.com/cannon/cannon.htm | accessdate=2011-06-19}}</ref> * [[Taylorsville, Utah]], was founded in 1848 and named in honor of John Taylor * Not known to have affiliated politically with a party * Relationships: ** Husband of [[George Q. Cannon#Early life|Leonora Cannon Taylor]] ** Father of [[John W. Taylor (Mormon)|John W. Taylor]] who served in 1883 as a clerk of [[Cassia County, Idaho]], and of [[William W. Taylor]] who served from 1883 to 1884 as a member of the [[Utah#Law and government|Utah Territorial Council]] (Senate) from Salt Lake County, and in 1884 as the assessor for [[Salt Lake City]]
===[[George Q. Cannon]]=== January 11, 1827 to April 21, 1901 * Also known as George Quayle Cannon Sr. * Served from 1865 to 1866 and 1869 to 1872 as a member of the Utah Territorial Council (Senate) from Salt Lake County; in 1872 as a delegate to the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] to present the constitution and memorial to the Congress for admission of the [[Utah Territory|Territory of Utah]] as a state of the union; from 1873 to 1881 as a delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Utah; in 1882 as a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives from Utah, defeated; in 1896 as a candidate for the U.S. Senate from Utah, defeated; and as a member and the chancellor of the [[University of Utah|Deseret University]] board of regents<ref name="Cannon Family Historical Treasury" /><ref name="David H. Cannon" /><ref name="The Official George Q. Cannon Family History Collection" /><ref name="Cannundrums" /><ref name="The George and Ann Quayle Cannon Family" /><ref name="General Authorities Born in the British Isles -- George Q. Cannon">{{Cite web | title=General Authorities Born in the British Isles | work=New Era | publisher=The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | date=November 1971 | url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/new-era/1971/11/general-authorities-born-in-the-british-isles?lang=eng | accessdate=2011-06-19}}</ref><ref name="George Q. Cannon">{{citation |last1= Cannon |first1= Joseph A. |last2= Fish |first2= Rick |contribution-url= http://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/c/CANNON_GEORGE.html |contribution= Cannon, George Q. |editor-last= Powell |editor-first= Allan Kent |year= 1994 |title= Utah History Encyclopedia |location= Salt Lake City, Utah |publisher= [[University of Utah Press]] |isbn= 0874804256 |oclc= 30473917 |access-date= 2013-10-30 |archive-date= 2017-01-13 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170113125552/http://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/c/CANNON_GEORGE.html |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref name="Cannon family of Utah">{{Cite web |title = Cannon family of Utah |work = The Political Graveyard |publisher = Lawrence "Larry" Kestenbaum |date = 2005-03-10 |url = http://www.politicalgraveyard.com/families/1239.html |accessdate = 2011-06-19 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100908075950/http://www.politicalgraveyard.com/families/1239.html |archive-date = 2010-09-08 |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="George Quayle Cannon">{{Cite web | title=George Quayle Cannon | work=Utah, the Storied Domain: A Documentary History | publisher=USGenWeb Project | date=2008-06-27 | url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/ut/state/bios/alter/c/cannon-georgequayle.txt | accessdate=2011-07-10}}</ref><ref name="CANNON, George Quayle, (1827–1901)">{{Cite web | title=CANNON, George Quayle, (1827–1901) | work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress | publisher=Office of the Historian | url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000119 | accessdate=2011-06-19}}</ref> * [[Cannonville, Utah]], was founded in 1876 and named in honor of George Q. Cannon<ref name="Garfield County">{{Cite encyclopedia |last = Murphy |first = Miriam B. |title = Garfield County |encyclopedia = Utah History Encyclopedia |publisher = University of Utah Press |date = March 2004 |url = http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/g/GARFIELDCT.html |accessdate = 2011-07-26 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120110133111/http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/g/GARFIELDCT.html |archive-date = 2012-01-10 |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="Cannonville">{{Cite web | title=Cannonville | work=ScenicByway12.com | publisher=Scenic Byway 12 Foundation | year=2011 | url=http://www.scenicbyway12.com/the-byway/towns/cannonville | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824041803/http://www.scenicbyway12.com/the-byway/towns/cannonville/ | url-status=usurped | archive-date=August 24, 2011 | accessdate=2011-07-26}}</ref> * Affiliated politically with the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] * Relationships: ** Son of George Cannon and Ann Quayle ** Husband of [[Abraham Hoagland]]'s daughter Elizabeth; [[Brigham Young]]'s daughter Caroline ** Father of 32 children, including [[Abraham H. Cannon]], [[John Q. Cannon]], [[Sylvester Q. Cannon]], [[Frank J. Cannon]], [[Lewis T. Cannon]], and [[Georgious Y. Cannon]] ** Brother of [[Angus M. Cannon]]
===Ann Cannon Woodbury=== January 28, 1832 to July 25, 1921 * Also known as Ann "Annie" Cannon Woodbury * Served from 1896 to 1905 as a member of the Utah Silk Commission and as its vice president from 1900 to 1905<ref name="Cannon Family Historical Treasury" /><ref name="David H. Cannon" /><ref name="The Official George Q. Cannon Family History Collection" /><ref name="Cannundrums" /><ref name="The George and Ann Quayle Cannon Family" /><ref name="Silk Commission">{{Cite web | title=Silk Commission | work=Agency Histories | publisher=Utah Division of Archives and Records Service | date=2003-07-30 | url=http://www.archives.state.ut.us/research/agencyhistories/873.html | accessdate=2011-07-10}}</ref> * Not known to have affiliated politically with a party
===[[Angus M. Cannon]]=== May 17, 1834 to June 7, 1915 * Also known as Angus Munn Cannon Sr. * Served in 1861 as the first town marshal of [[St. George, Utah]]; from 1861 to about 1867 as the [[Mayor-council government|mayor]] of St. George; in 1864 as a member of the board of directors of the St. George Library Association; as a prosecuting attorney for [[Washington County, Utah]], a later for the Utah Territorial Second Judicial District; in 1865 as a major, and later as a lieutenant colonel, for the [[Iron County, Utah]], Military District Second Regiment; from 1876 to 1884 as the recorder for Salt Lake County; and in 1896 as a candidate for the [[Utah#Law and government|Utah Senate]] from Salt Lake County, defeated (by his wife, Martha Hughes Cannon)<ref name="Cannon Family Historical Treasury" /><ref name="David H. Cannon" /><ref name="The Official George Q. Cannon Family History Collection" /><ref name="Cannundrums" /><ref name="The George and Ann Quayle Cannon Family" /><ref name="Martha Maria Hughes Cannon"> {{Cite encyclopedia | title=Martha Maria Hughes Cannon | encyclopedia=Utah History Encyclopedia | publisher=University of Utah Press | date=March 2004 | url=http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/c/CANNON,MARTHA.html | accessdate=2011-06-19 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608090433/http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/c/CANNON,MARTHA.html | archive-date=2011-06-08 | url-status=dead }} </ref> * Affiliated politically with the Republican Party * Relationships: ** Husband of [[Clara C. M. Cannon]], [[Martha Hughes Cannon]] ** Brother of [[George Q. Cannon]]
===[[John Q. Cannon]]=== April 19, 1857 to January 14, 1931 * Also known as John Quayle Cannon Sr. * Served from 1903 to 1904 as a brigadier general of the [[Utah National Guard]]<ref name="Cannon Family Historical Treasury" /><ref name="David H. Cannon" /><ref name="The Official George Q. Cannon Family History Collection" /><ref name="Cannundrums" /><ref name="Heber Manning Wells">{{Citation |first= Miriam B. |last= Murphy |contribution-url= http://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/w/WELLS_HEBER.html |contribution= Wells, Heber Manning |editor-last= Powell |editor-first= Allan Kent |year= 1994 |title= Utah History Encyclopedia |location= Salt Lake City, Utah |publisher= [[University of Utah Press]] | isbn= 0874804256 |oclc= 30473917 }}</ref> * Not known to have affiliated politically with a party * Relationships: ** Son of [[George Q. Cannon]] and Elizabeth Hoagland Cannon ** Husband of [[Elizabeth Anne Wells Cannon]]
===[[Martha Hughes Cannon]]=== July 1, 1857 to July 10, 1932 * Also known as Dr. Martha Maria "Mattie" Hughes Cannon * Served in 1893 as a speaker of [[Women's suffrage in the United States|women's suffrage]] at the [[World's Columbian Exposition]] in [[Chicago]]; from 1894 to 1896 as a speaker of [[Free Silver]] with [[William Jennings Bryan]]; from January 11, 1897 to January 13, 1901 as a member of the Utah Senate from Salt Lake County (first female state senator in the United States); as a member of the Utah Board of Health which she created; as a member of the Utah School for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind which she helped create; and in 1918 as a member of the [[United States Department of War|U.S. Department of War]] overseas Medical Service<ref name="Cannon Family Historical Treasury" /><ref name="The Official George Q. Cannon Family History Collection" /><ref name="Cannon family of Utah" /><ref name="Martha Maria Hughes Cannon" /><ref name="Historical Listing of Utah State Legislators -- C">{{Cite web | title=Historical Listing of Utah State Legislators | work=Utah State Legislature | url=http://le.utah.gov/asp/roster/complist.asp?letter=C | accessdate=2011-06-19}}</ref> * The Utah Department of Health Martha Hughes Cannon Health Building was opened in 1986, and was named in honor of Martha Hughes Cannon<ref name="Martha Hughes Cannon Health Building">{{Cite web |title = Martha Hughes Cannon Health Building |work = Utah Department of Health |publisher = Utah.gov |date = 2009-09-03 |url = http://health.utah.gov/html/martha.html |accessdate = 2011-07-26 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110929142427/http://health.utah.gov/html/martha.html |archive-date = 2011-09-29 |url-status = dead }}</ref> * Affiliated politically with the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]
===[[Frank J. Cannon]]=== January 25, 1859 to July 25, 1933 * Also known as Franklin Jenne Cannon * Served from 1882 to 1884 as a deputy clerk and recorder of [[Weber County, Utah]]; in 1884 as the recorder of Weber County; in 1891 as an organizer of the [[Utah Republican Party]]; in 1892 as a candidate for the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] from Utah, defeated; from 1895 to 1896 as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Utah; from 1896 to 1899 as a member of the U.S. Senate from Utah; in 1898 as a candidate for the U.S. Senate from Utah, defeated; from 1899 to 1900 as a member of the [[Silver Republican Party]]; and from 1902 to 1904 as the chairman of the [[Utah Democratic Party]]<ref name="Cannon Family Historical Treasury" /><ref name="The Official George Q. Cannon Family History Collection" /><ref name="Cannundrums" /><ref name="Cannon family of Utah" /><ref name="Frank J. Cannon">{{citation |first= Kenneth |last= Godfrey |contribution-url= http://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/c/CANNON_FRANK.html |contribution= Cannon, Frank J. |editor-last= Powell |editor-first= Allan Kent |year= 1994 |title= Utah History Encyclopedia |location= Salt Lake City, Utah |publisher= [[University of Utah Press]] |isbn= 0874804256 |oclc= 30473917 |access-date= 2013-10-31 |archive-date= 2013-11-01 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131101222936/http://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/c/CANNON_FRANK.html |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref name="CANNON, Frank Jenne, (1859–1933)">{{Cite web | title=CANNON, Frank Jenne, (1859–1933) | work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress | publisher=Office of the Historian | url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000118 | accessdate=2011-06-19}}</ref> * Affiliated politically with the Republican Party, the Silver Republican Party and the Democratic Party
===[[Elizabeth Anne Wells Cannon]]=== December 7, 1859 to September 2, 1942 * Also known as Elizabeth Anne "Annie" Wells Cannon * Served in 1913 as a member of the Utah House of Representatives from Salt Lake County<ref name="The Official George Q. Cannon Family History Collection" /><ref name="Historical Listing of Utah State Legislators -- C" /> * Affiliated politically with the Republican Party * Also: Daughter of [[Daniel H. Wells]] who served from 1866 to 1876 as the mayor of Salt Lake City
===[[George Mousley Cannon]]=== December 25, 1861 to January 23, 1937 * Also known as George Mousley Cannon Sr. * Served in 1882 as a deputy recorder for Salt Lake County; from 1884 to 1890 as the recorder for Salt Lake County; in 1890 as a developer of the [[Forest Dale Historic District|Forest Dale Subdivision]] and the larger town of Forest Dale, Utah; in 1895 as a delegate to the [[Constitution of Utah|Utah State Constitutional Convention]] and chaired the committee which formulated the articles on taxation and public debt; and in 1896 as a member and first president of the Utah Senate from Salt Lake County<ref name="Cannon Family Historical Treasury" /> * Not known to have affiliated politically with a party
===[[Joseph J. Cannon]]=== May 22, 1877 to November 5, 1945 * Also known as Joseph Jenne Cannon * Served from 1909 to 1911 as a member of the Utah House of Representatives from Salt Lake County<ref name="Cannon Family Historical Treasury" /><ref name="The Official George Q. Cannon Family History Collection" /><ref name="Historical Listing of Utah State Legislators -- C" /> * Not known to have affiliated politically with a party though his son, Mark Wilcox Cannon, recalled that Joseph later considered himself a Republican
===[[Sylvester Q. Cannon]]=== June 10, 1877 to May 29, 1943 * Also known as Sylvester Quayle Cannon * Served from 1905 to 1907 as the director of hydrography for the Utah Office of the State Engineer<ref name="Cannon Family Historical Treasury" /><ref name="David H. Cannon" /><ref name="The Official George Q. Cannon Family History Collection" /><ref name="Sylvester Quayle Cannon">{{Cite web | title=Sylvester Quayle Cannon | work=Utah, the Storied Domain: A Documentary History | publisher=USGenWeb Project | date=2008-06-27 | url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/ut/state/bios/alter/c/cannon-sylvesterquayle.txt | accessdate=2011-07-10}}</ref> * Not known to have affiliated politically with a party
===[[Charles Clarence Neslen]]=== April 17, 1879 to December 7, 1967 * Also known as C. Clarence Neslen * Served in 1912 as a delegate to the [[Democratic National Convention]]; in 1917 as a commissioner of Salt Lake City and as the chairman of the city planning commission; from 1917 to 1918 as the chairman of the U.S. Department of War draft board for the city 3rd District; from 1918 to 1928 as the commissioner for the Salt Lake City water supply and waterworks; from 1920 to 1928 as the mayor of Salt Lake City; from 1926 to 1932 as a major and chaplain for the Utah National Guard 145th Field Artillery Group; from 1931 to 1933 as a member of the Utah House of Representatives from Salt Lake County; and from 1933 to 1935 as a member of the Utah Senate from Salt Lake County<ref name="Cannon Family Historical Treasury" /><ref name="Charles Clarence Neslen">{{Cite web | title=Charles Clarence Neslen | work=Utah, the Storied Domain: A Documentary History | publisher=USGenWeb Project | date=2008-06-27 | url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/ut/state/bios/alter/n/neslen-charlesclarence.txt | accessdate=2011-07-10}}</ref><ref name="Historical Listing of Utah State Legislators -- N">{{Cite web | title=Historical Listing of Utah State Legislators | work=Utah State Legislature | url=http://le.utah.gov/asp/roster/complist.asp?letter=N | accessdate=2011-07-10}}</ref> * Affiliated politically with the Democratic Party
===Quayle Cannon Sr.=== December 30, 1879 to August 26, 1950 * Served from 1923 to 1925 as a member of the Utah House of Representatives from Salt Lake County<ref name="Historical Listing of Utah State Legislators -- C" /> * Not known to have affiliated politically with a party
===James H. Cannon=== May 19, 1890 to February 20, 1950 * Also known as James Hughes Cannon * Founder in 1915 of the [[Cannon (ITT Corporation)|Cannon Electric Co.]] in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]; and known for inventing the "Cannon Plug" (also known as the [[XLR connector]] used widely today)<ref name="Cannon Family Historical Treasury" /><ref name="MBA's we weren't: Memories and anecdotes of Cannon Electric 1915–1964, and the two men who ran it">{{Cite book | last=Cannon | first=Robert J. "Bob" | title=MBA's we weren't: Memories and anecdotes of Cannon Electric 1915–1964, and the two men who ran it | publisher=Robert J. "Bob" Cannon | year=1988 | location=Redlands, Calif. | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bij3GwAACAAJ }}</ref><ref name="Interconnect solutions history: Cannon, VEAM & BIW">{{Cite web | title=Interconnect solutions history: Cannon, VEAM & BIW | work=ITTCannon.com | publisher=ITT Corp. | url=http://www.ittcannon.com/uploadedFiles/Product_PDFs/History.pdf | accessdate=2011-06-19 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309015738/http://www.ittcannon.com/uploadedFiles/Product_PDFs/History.pdf | archive-date=2012-03-09 }}</ref> * Not known to have affiliated politically with a party
===[[John K. Cannon]]=== March 2, 1892 to January 12, 1955 * Also known as John Kenneth Cannon * Served from 1917 to 1942 as a service member of the U.S. Army and U.S. Army Air Corps; from 1942 to 1945 as a commanding general of the [[United States Army Air Forces|U.S. Army Air Forces]] of [[World War II]], from 1945 to 1946 as the commanding general of U.S. Air Forces in Europe, from 1946 to 1948 as the commanding general of [[Air Training Command]] at [[Barksdale Field]] in [[Louisiana]], from 1948 to 1950 as the commanding general of U.S. Air Forces in Europe, from 1950 to 1951 as the commander-in-chief of U.S. Air Forces in Europe, and from 1951 to 1954 as the commanding general of [[Tactical Air Command]] at [[Langley Air Force Base]] in [[Virginia]]; and as a recipient of four [[Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)|Distinguished Service Medals]], the [[Legion of Merit]], the [[Bronze Star Medal]] and the [[Air Medal]], among others * Clovis Air Force Base was renamed in 1957 as [[Cannon Air Force Base]] in honor of Gen. John K. Cannon<ref name="Cannon AFB, New Mexico">{{Cite web | title=Cannon AFB, New Mexico | work=Military | publisher=GlobalSecurity.org | date=2011-05-07 | url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/cannon.htm | accessdate=2011-07-21}}</ref> * Not known to have affiliated politically with a party
===[[Cavendish W. Cannon]]=== February 1, 1895 to October 7, 1962 * Also known as Cavendish Wells Cannon * Served from 1947 to 1958 as a member of the [[United States Foreign Service|U.S. Foreign Service]]<ref name="Cavendish Wells Cannon (1895–1962)">{{Cite web | title=Cavendish Wells Cannon (1895–1962) | work=Department History | publisher=U.S. Department of State | url=https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/cannon-cavendish-wells | accessdate=2011-06-19}}</ref> * Not known to have affiliated politically with a party
==20th century==
===[[Robert Milchrist Cannon]]=== August 16, 1901 to September 3, 1976 * Also known as Robert M. Cannon * Served in 1925 as a graduate of the [[United States Military Academy|U.S. Military Academy at West Point]]; from 1925 to 1961 as an officer of the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]], including with distinction in the [[China Burma India|China-Burma-India Theater]] of [[World War II]] under [[Joseph Stilwell|Gen. Joseph Stilwell]], as the deputy commander and chief of staff for the [[United States Army Pacific|Army Pacific]], and as the commanding general of the [[Sixth United States Army|Sixth Army]] at the [[Presidio of San Francisco]]; and as a recipient of the [[Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)|Distinguished Service Medal]] and the [[Bronze Star Medal]], among others<ref name="U.S. Army Pacific: Biography Lt. Gen. Robert M. Cannon">{{Cite web | title=U.S. Army Pacific: Biography Lt. Gen. Robert M. Cannon | work=U.S. Army Pacific | publisher=U.S. Army | url=https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/cannon-cavendish-wells | accessdate=2011-06-19}}</ref> * Not known to have affiliated politically with a party
===T. Quentin Cannon=== April 29, 1906 to May 18, 2004 * Also known as Thomas Quentin Cannon * Served from 1969 to 1980 as a member of the Utah House of Representatives from Salt Lake County<ref name="Historical Listing of Utah State Legislators -- C" /> * Affiliated politically with the Republican Party
===Quayle Cannon Jr.=== July 5, 1906 to August 28, 1990 * Served from 1941 to 1945 as a member of the Utah House of Representatives from Salt Lake County<ref name="Historical Listing of Utah State Legislators -- C" /> * Affiliated politically with the Republican Party
===Ray Cannon Needham=== September 11, 1908 to October 29, 1979 * Also known as Raymond Cannon Needham * Served from 1963 to 1979 as a vice admiral of the U.S. Navy; and as a recipient of the [[Navy Distinguished Service Medal]], the [[Legion of Merit]] with Gold Star and [["V" Device|Combat "V" Device]], the [[American Campaign Medal]], the [[European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal]], the [[Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal]], the [[World War II Victory Medal (United States)|World War II Victory Medal]], the [[American Defense Service Medal]] with [[Medal bar|Fleet Clasp Device]], the [[Navy Occupation Service Medal]] with Asia Clasp Device, the [[China Service Medal]], the [[National Defense Service Medal]] with [[Service star|Bronze Star Device]], the [[Philippine Liberation Medal]] and the [[Order of the Star of Ethiopia]] ''avec plaque'' presented by [[Haile Selassie I|Emperor Haile Selassie]], among others.<ref name="[About Ray Cannon Needham] (1979)">{{Cite news | title=[About Ray Cannon Needham] | newspaper=The Cannon Chronicle | location=Salt Lake City | pages=5 | publisher=George Cannon Family Association | year=1979 | url=http://www.georgeqcannon.com/Family%20History%20Database/All%20Family%20History%20Files/Cannon%20Family/George%20Q%20Cannon%20Family/Documents/Various%20issues%20of%20Cannon%20Chronicle.pdf | accessdate=2012-12-18}}</ref><ref name="Commander Ray Cannon Needham">{{Cite web | title=Commander Ray Cannon Needham | work=USSTarawaVets.org | publisher=USS Tarawa Veterans' Association | year=2005 | url=http://www.usstarawavets.org/CV-40%20pages/needham.bio.htm | accessdate=2012-12-18}}</ref> * Not known to have affiliated politically with a party
===[[Edwin Bennion Cannon]]=== January 2, 1910 to November 12, 1963 * Served from 1951 to 1953 as a member of the Utah Senate from Salt Lake County<ref name="Historical Listing of Utah State Legislators -- C" /> * Affiliated politically with the Republican Party
===Evan J. Woodbury=== October 14, 1910 to April 2, 2001 * Also known as Evan John Woodbury * Served from 1955 to 1957 as a member of the Utah House of Representatives from Washington County; and in 1962 as a founding member of the Washington County, Utah, Water Conservancy District board of trustees<ref name="Board of Trustees">{{Cite web |title = Board of Trustees |work = 2006 Operational Overview |publisher = Washington County Water Conservancy District |year = 2006 |url = http://wcwcd.state.ut.us/District%20Info/Operational%20Overview%20&%20Audit%20Reports/2006%20Operational%20Overview.pdf |accessdate = 2011-07-10 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="Historical Listing of Utah State Legislators -- W">{{Cite web | title=Historical Listing of Utah State Legislators | work=Utah State Legislature | url=http://le.utah.gov/asp/roster/complist.asp?letter=W | accessdate=2011-07-10}}</ref> * Affiliated politically with the Democratic Party
===[[Howard Cannon]]=== January 26, 1912 to March 5, 2002 * Also known as Howard Walter Cannon * Served in 1939 as a reference attorney for the Utah Senate; in 1940 as an attorney for Washington County, Utah; from 1942 to 1946 as a lieutenant general of the [[United States Army Air Forces|U.S. Army Air Forces]]; as an attorney of [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]], 1949 to 1957; member of the U.S. Senate from Nevada, 1959 to 1983; in 1982 as a candidate for the U.S. Senate from Nevada, defeated; major general of the [[Air Force Reserve Command|U.S. Air Force Reserve Command]]; and as a recipient of the [[Silver Star]], the [[Legion of Merit]], the [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)|Distinguished Flying Cross]], the [[Purple Heart]] and the [[Air Medal]], among others<ref name="The Official George Q. Cannon Family History Collection" /><ref name="CANNON, Howard Walter, (1912–2002)">{{Cite web | title=CANNON, Howard Walter, (1912–2002) | work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress | publisher=Office of the Historian | url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000120 | accessdate=2011-06-19}}</ref> * The Cannon Survey Center at the [[University of Nevada, Las Vegas|University of Nevada at Las Vegas]] was opened in 1977, and was named in honor of Howard W. Cannon<ref name="Welcome">{{Cite web | title=Welcome | work=Cannon Survey Center | publisher=University of Nevada at Las Vegas | year=2011 | url=http://surveys.unlv.edu/ | accessdate=2011-07-26}}</ref> * The [[Reno-Tahoe International Airport]] Cannon Terminal was opened in 1994, and was named in honor of Howard W. Cannon<ref name="History">{{Cite web |title = History |work = RTIA Highlights |publisher = Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority |date = 2011-04-08 |url = http://www.renoairport.com/documents/110518113-april-may-june-2011-highlights.pdf |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111007050221/http://renoairport.com/documents/110518113-april-may-june-2011-highlights.pdf |url-status = dead |archive-date = 2011-10-07 |accessdate = 2011-07-26 }}</ref> * Affiliated politically with the Democratic Party
===Ralph S. Cannon=== April 16, 1912 to August 25, 2006 * Also known as Ralph Steffensen Cannon * Served from 1963 to 1965 and 1967 to 1969 as a member of the Utah House of Representatives from Davis County<ref name="Historical Listing of Utah State Legislators -- C" /><ref name="Ralph S. Cannon">{{Cite news | title=Ralph S. Cannon | newspaper=The Salt Lake Tribune | location=Salt Lake City | publisher=Kearns-Tribune LLC | date=2006-08-29 | url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/saltlaketribune/obituary.aspx?n=ralph-s-cannon&pid=19047249 | accessdate=2011-07-06}}</ref> * Affiliated politically with the Republican Party
===[[Edwin Q. Cannon]]=== May 6, 1918 to April 6, 2005 * Also known as Edwin Quayle "Ted" Cannon Jr. * Served from 1947 to 1949 and 1957 to 1961 as a member of the Utah House of Representatives from Salt Lake County<ref name="The Official George Q. Cannon Family History Collection" /><ref name="Cannundrums" /><ref name="Historical Listing of Utah State Legislators -- C" /> * Affiliated politically with the Republican Party
===[[D. James Cannon]]=== December 8, 1919 to March 5, 1998 * Also known as Donald James "Jim" Cannon * Served from 1957 to 1959 as a member of the Utah House of Representatives from Salt Lake County; in 1964 as the Republican nominee for governor of Utah governor, defeated; in 1967 as a candidate for mayor of Salt Lake City, defeated; and as the executive director of the Utah Travel Council where he coined the state slogan "the greatest snow on earth"<ref name="The Official George Q. Cannon Family History Collection" /><ref name="Cannon family of Utah" /><ref name="Historical Listing of Utah State Legislators -- C" /> * Affiliated politically with the Republican Party
===James H. Cannon, Jr.=== January 1, 1927 to November 28, 2013<ref>Obituary, ''Vineyard Gazette'', [https://vineyardgazette.com/obituaries/2013/12/03/james-h-cannon-86 December 3, 2013]</ref> * Son of James H. Cannon (1890-1950) * Army Air Force 1944-1947. * General manager of [[Cannon (ITT Corporation)|Cannon Electric]] in Salem, Massachusetts, 1956-1960 * Founder of [[Cannon Guild]], a harpsichord maker in Cambridge, Massachusetts
===Russell Anderson Cannon=== June 25, 1928 to March 17, 2014 * Served from 1993 to 1995 as a member of the Utah House of Representatives from Salt Lake County<ref name="Historical Listing of Utah State Legislators -- C" /> * Affiliated politically with the Republican Party
===Theodore L. Cannon Jr.=== July 18, 1931 to June 2, 2009 * Also known as Theodore Lincoln "Ted" Cannon Jr. * Served from 1979 to 1987 as the attorney for Salt Lake County<ref name="Cannon's life filled with ironies">{{Cite news | title=Cannon's life filled with ironies | newspaper=Deseret News | location=Salt Lake City | publisher=Deseret News Publishing Co. | date=2009-07-15 | url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705316856/Cannons-life-filled-with-ironies.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130121090144/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705316856/Cannons-life-filled-with-ironies.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 21, 2013 | accessdate=2011-06-19}}</ref> * Affiliated politically with the Republican Party
===[[David Kent Winder]]=== June 8, 1932 to May 19, 2009 * Also known as David K. Winder * Served from 1979 to 2009 as a judge of the [[United States District Court for the District of Utah|U.S. District Court for the District of Utah]]<ref name="[About David K. Winder] (1979)">{{Cite news | title=[David K. Winder] | newspaper=The Cannon Chronicle | location=Salt Lake City | pages=1 | publisher=George Cannon Family Association | year=1979 | url=http://www.georgeqcannon.com/Family%20History%20Database/All%20Family%20History%20Files/Cannon%20Family/George%20Q%20Cannon%20Family/Documents/Various%20issues%20of%20Cannon%20Chronicle.pdf | accessdate=2012-12-18}}</ref><ref name="Biographical Directory of Federal Judges (2009)">{{Cite web | title=Biographical Directory of Federal Judges | work=History of the Federal Judiciary | publisher=Federal Judicial Center | year=2009 | url=http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=2614 | accessdate=2012-12-18}}</ref> * Not known to have affiliated politically with a party
===Mark Wilcox Cannon=== Born abt. 1936 * Also known as Mark W. Cannon, Ph.D. * Served from 1985 to 1988 as a staff director of the federal [[National Monument to the U.S. Constitution|Commission on the Bicentennial of the Constitution]], and from 1972–1985 as an administrative assistant to the [[Chief Justice of the United States|chief justice of the United States]]<ref name="[About Mark Wilcox Cannon] (1977-11-16)">{{Cite news | title=[Mark Wilcox Cannon] | newspaper=The Cannon Chronicle | location=Salt Lake City | pages=2 | publisher=George Cannon Family Association | date=1977-11-16 | url=http://www.georgeqcannon.com/Family%20History%20Database/All%20Family%20History%20Files/Cannon%20Family/George%20Q%20Cannon%20Family/Documents/Various%20issues%20of%20Cannon%20Chronicle.pdf | accessdate=2012-12-18}}</ref><ref name="BYUPAS Board Member Spotlight: Mark W. Cannon (2012-06-28)">{{Cite web |last = Camp |first = Tanner |title = BYUPAS Board Member Spotlight: Mark W. Cannon |work = Brigham Young University Political Affairs Society |publisher = Brigham Young University |date = 2012-06-28 |url = http://www.byupas.org/byupas-board-member-spotlight |archive-url = https://archive.today/20130414104702/http://www.byupas.org/byupas-board-member-spotlight |url-status = dead |archive-date = 2013-04-14 |accessdate = 2012-12-18 }}</ref> * Not known to have affiliated politically with a party
===John C. Pingree=== Born abt. 1942 * Also known as John Pingree * Serves as a member of the Utah State Charter School Board, and served as a member of the Utah State [[Board of Education]] and as the chief-executive officer of the [[Utah Transit Authority]].<ref name="[About John Pingree] (1979)">{{Cite news | title=[About John Pingree] | newspaper=The Cannon Chronicle | location=Salt Lake City | pages=2 | publisher=George Cannon Family Association | year=1979 | url=http://www.georgeqcannon.com/Family%20History%20Database/All%20Family%20History%20Files/Cannon%20Family/George%20Q%20Cannon%20Family/Documents/Various%20issues%20of%20Cannon%20Chronicle.pdf | accessdate=2012-12-18}}</ref><ref name="The Quality Journey: A TQM Roadmap for Public Transportation (1995)">{{cite journal | last=MacDorman | first=Littleton C. |author2=John C. MacDorman |author3=William T. Fleming | title=The Quality Journey: A TQM Roadmap for Public Transportation | journal=Transit Cooperative Research Project Report 8 | pages=11 | publisher=National Academy Press | location=Washington | year=1995 | url=http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/tcrp/tcrp_rpt_08-a.pdf | accessdate=2012-12-19}}</ref><ref name="State Charter School Board profiles (2012)">{{cite journal | title=State Charter School Board profiles | journal=Utah's Public Charter Schools | volume=2010–2011 | pages=7 | publisher=Utah State Office of Education Charter School Section | location=Salt Lake City | year=2012 | url=http://www.schools.utah.gov/charterschools/Annual-Report/2010-2011_Annual_Report_Final_Approved.aspx | accessdate=2012-12-18 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120709161119/http://www.schools.utah.gov/charterschools/Annual-Report/2010-2011_Annual_Report_Final_Approved.aspx | archive-date=2012-07-09 | url-status=dead }}</ref> * Not known to have affiliated politically with a party
===[[Joseph A. Cannon]]=== Born July 31, 1949 * Also known as Joseph Angus "Joe" Cannon * Served as a law clerk in Salt Lake City for U.S. District Judge [[Aldon J. Anderson]]; from 1983 to 1985 as an assistant administrator of the [[United States Environmental Protection Agency|U.S. Environmental Protection Agency]] Office of Air and Radiation; in 1992 as a candidate for the U.S. Senate from Utah, defeated; from 2002 to 2006 as the chairman of the Utah Republican Party; and in 2004 as a Republican presidential elector from Utah<ref name="The Official George Q. Cannon Family History Collection" /><ref name="Joseph A. Cannon">{{citation |first= Rick |last= Fish |contribution= Cannon, Joseph A. |contribution-url= http://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/c/CANNON_JOSEPH.html |editor-last= Powell |editor-first= Allan Kent |year= 1994 |title= Utah History Encyclopedia |location= Salt Lake City, Utah |publisher= [[University of Utah Press]] |isbn= 0874804256 |oclc= 30473917 |access-date= 2013-10-31 |archive-date= 2013-11-01 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131101223116/http://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/c/CANNON_JOSEPH.html |url-status= dead }}</ref> * Affiliated politically with the Republican Party
===[[Chris Cannon]]=== October 20, 1950 to May 8, 2024 * Also known as Christopher Black "Chris" Cannon * Served from 1983 to 1986 as an assistant associate solicitor of the [[United States Department of the Interior|U.S. Department of Interior]]; from 1992 to 1994 as the finance chairman of the Utah Republican Party; from 1997 to 2009 as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Utah; and in 1998 as a manager of the U.S. House of Representatives [[Impeachment of Bill Clinton|impeachment]] of [[Bill Clinton|President Clinton]]<ref name="CANNON, Christopher B., (1950 - )">{{Cite web | title=CANNON, Christopher B., (1950 - ) | work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress | publisher=Office of the Historian | url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000116 | accessdate=2011-06-19}}</ref> * Affiliated politically with the Republican Party
===[[David Nelson (Utah activist)|David Nelson]]=== April 7, 1962 to June 11, 2024 * Also known as David Keith Nelson * Served in 1985 as a candidate for the Salt Lake City Council, defeated; in 1996 and 2000 as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention; and from 1997 to 2001 as a member of the [[Hate crime|Hate Crimes]] [[Working group|Working Group]] for the [[United States Attorney|U.S. Attorney]] for the [[United States District Court for the District of Utah|District of Utah]]<ref name="Cannon family of Utah" /><ref name="Here's tally of S.L. mayor, council vote">{{Cite news | title=Here's tally of S.L. mayor, council vote | newspaper=Deseret News | location=Salt Lake City | publisher=Deseret News Publishing Co. | date=1985-10-09 }}</ref><ref name="Utah Democrats pack little power but lots of energy">{{Cite news | title=Utah Democrats pack little power but lots of energy | newspaper=The Salt Lake Tribune | location=Salt Lake City | publisher=Kearns-Tribune Corp. | date=1996-08-25 | url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SLTB&p_theme=sltb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=100FD27F06066818&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM | accessdate=2011-06-19}}</ref><ref name="YWCA begins Week Without Violence">{{Cite news | title=YWCA begins Week Without Violence | newspaper=Deseret News | location=Salt Lake City | publisher=Deseret News Publishing Co. | date=1998-10-18 | url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/658114/YWCA-begins-Week-Without-Violence.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023101423/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/658114/YWCA-begins-Week-Without-Violence.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=October 23, 2012 | accessdate=2011-06-19}}</ref><ref name="Democrats eager for Utah battle">{{Cite news | title=Democrats eager for Utah battle | newspaper=The Salt Lake Tribune | location=Salt Lake City | publisher=Kearns-Tribune Corp. | date=2000-08-19 | url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SLTB&p_theme=sltb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=100E9E88141FC696&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM | accessdate=2011-06-19}}</ref> * Unaffiliated politically with a party; was affiliated politically with the Democratic Party
===Chet Cannon=== Born February 6, 1985 * Also known as Chester "Chet" Cannon * Graduated from the [[University of Utah]] and majored in [[finance]]; appeared in 2009 on the 21st season of [[MTV]]'s ''[[The Real World: Brooklyn]]''<ref name="Unreal world! Our critic gets a peek at MTV's Brooklyn reality show">{{Cite news | title=Unreal world! Our critic gets a peek at MTV's Brooklyn reality show | newspaper=The Brooklyn Paper | location=New York | publisher=News Corp. | date=2008-12-01 | url=http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/31/48/31_48_sp_real_world_review.html | accessdate=2011-06-19}}</ref>
==See also== * [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Isle of Man]]
==Sources== * Cannon, Robert J. "Bob." ''MBA's We Weren't: Memories and anecdotes of Cannon Electric 1915–1964, and the two men who ran it.'' Redlands, Calif.: Robert J. "Bob" Cannon. 1988. * Evans, Beatrice Cannon and Janath Russell Cannon. ''Cannon Family Historical Treasury, Second Edition.'' George Cannon Family Association. Salt Lake City: Publishers Press Inc. 1995.
==References== {{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}
==External links== * [https://cannundrum.blogspot.com/ Cannundrums] * [http://www.davidhcannon.org/ David H. Cannon] * [http://www.sedgwickresearch.com/cannon/cannon.htm The George and Ann Quayle Cannon Family] * [http://www.georgeqcannon.com/ The Official George Q. Cannon Family History Collection] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060915142710/http://politicalgraveyard.com/families/1239.html Political Graveyard: Cannon family of Utah]
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