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Affiliation | Republican |
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Name | Frank J. Cannon |
Address | Ogden, Utah , United States |
Email | None |
Website | None |
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January 25, 1859
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Died | July 25, 1933
(74 years)
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Last Modifed | User 13 May 17, 2003 07:42pm |
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Info | Frank Jenne Cannon
Son of George Quayle Cannon, Utah Delegate the US House of Representatives (R - UT)
Delegate from the Territory of Utah and a Senator from Utah; born in Salt Lake City, Utah, January 25, 1859; attended the public schools, and was graduated from the University of Utah at Salt Lake City in 1878; newspaper writer; moved to San Francisco, Calif., in 1880 and worked as a newspaper reporter; moved to Ogden, Utah, in 1882, and served as deputy county clerk and recorder; elected county recorder in 1884; became editor of the Ogden Herald in 1887 and established the Ogden Standard in 1888; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1892 to the Fifty-third Congress; interested in the building of the Ogden Canyon electric power plant in 1893; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress and served from March 4, 1895, to January 4, 1896, when the Territory was admitted as a State into the Union; was then elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from January 22, 1896, to March 3, 1899; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1898; affiliated with the Democratic Party in 1900 and served as State chairman 1902-1904; again became interested in newspaper publishing and established the Daily Utah State Journal at Ogden in 1903; moved to Denver, Colo., in 1909 and engaged in newspaper work and mining; died in Denver, Colo., July 25, 1933; interment in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Utah.
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