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  Cannon, Howard W.
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AffiliationDemocratic  
 
NameHoward W. Cannon
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Las Vegas, Nevada , United States
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Born January 26, 1912
DiedMarch 06, 2002 (90 years)
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Feb 22, 2022 05:57pm
Tags Married - Air Force - Army - Latter Day Saints (Mormon) -
InfoHoward Walter Cannon

born in St. George, Washington County, Utah, January 26, 1912; graduated from Arizona State Teachers College in 1933, and University of Arizona Law School in 1937; was admitted to the bar in Arizona in 1937, Utah in 1938, and Nevada in 1946; reference attorney, Utah State senate in 1939; elected county attorney of Washington County, Utah, in 1940; during the Second World War served in the United States Army in 1941 and the United States Army Air Corps 1942-1946, attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel; served in the Air Force Reserve and retired as a major general; elected city attorney of Las Vegas, Nev., in 1949 and served for four consecutive terms; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1958; reelected in 1964, 1970, and again in 1976 and served from January 3, 1959, to January 3, 1983; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1982; chairman, Joint Committee on Inaugural Arrangements (Ninety-second Congress), Select Committee on Standards and Conduct (Ninety-third and Ninety-fourth Congresses), Committee on Rules and Administration (Ninety-third through Ninety-fifth Congresses), Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (Ninety-fourth Congress), Joint Committee on Library (Ninety-fifth Congress), Joint Committee on Printing (Ninety-fifth Congress), Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Ninety-fifth and Ninety-sixth Congresses); died in Las Vegas, Nevada, on March 5, 2002.

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FAMILY
Father Walter Cannon 1888-1957
Grandfather David Henry Cannon 1838-1924
Great-Grandfather George Cannon 1794-1844
Grand Uncle George Q. Cannon 1827-1901
1st Cousin Once Removed John Q. Cannon 1857-1931
2nd Cousin Cavendish W. Cannon 1895-1962
1st Cousin Once Removed Frank J. Cannon 1859-1933
1st Cousin Once Removed Joseph J. Cannon 1877-1945
2nd Cousin Adrian W. Cannon 1917-1991
1st Cousin Once Removed Sylvester Q. Cannon 1877-1943
2nd Cousin D. James Cannon 1919-1998
Grand Uncle Angus M. Cannon 1834-1915
1st Cousin Once Removed George M. Cannon 1861-1937
1st Cousin Once Removed Jesse Fox Cannon 1877-1956
2nd Cousin T. Quentin Cannon 1906-1994
1st Cousin Once Removed Quayle Cannon 1879-1950
2nd Cousin Quayle Cannon, Jr. 1906-1990

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RACES
  11/02/1982 NV US Senate Lost 47.72% (-2.35%)
  09/14/1982 NV US Senate- D Primary Won 49.69% (+4.17%)
  11/02/1976 NV US Senate Won 63.01% (+31.57%)
  09/14/1976 NV US Senate - D Primary Won 85.83% (+79.09%)
  11/03/1970 NV US Senate Won 57.65% (+16.48%)
  09/01/1970 NV US Senate- D Primary Won 89.30% (+82.15%)
  11/03/1964 NV US Senate Won 50.02% (+0.04%)
  09/01/1964 NV US Senate - D Primary Won 59.64% (+39.85%)
  11/04/1958 NV US Senate Won 57.68% (+15.35%)
  09/02/1958 NV US Senate - D Primary Won 51.66% (+3.33%)
  09/04/1956 NV At-Large - D Primary Lost 31.16% (-2.81%)
ENDORSEMENTS
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Sep 21, 1981 R Sandra Day O'Connor
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 17, 1975 R John Paul Stevens
US Secretary of the Interior - Jun 11, 1975 R Stanley K. Hathaway
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 15, 1971 R William H. Rehnquist
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 09, 1971 D Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr.
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - May 17, 1970 R Harry Blackmun
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Apr 08, 1970 NPA Reject
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Nov 21, 1969 NPA Reject
Supreme Court - Chief Justice - Jun 23, 1969 R Warren E. Burger
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Aug 30, 1967 D Thurgood Marshall
US Ambassador to Brazil - Apr 28, 1959 NPA Reject