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Affiliation | Democratic |
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Name | Howard W. Cannon |
Address | Las Vegas, Nevada , United States |
Email | None |
Website | None |
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January 26, 1912
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Died | March 06, 2002
(90 years)
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Contributor | RP |
Last Modifed | RBH Feb 22, 2022 05:57pm |
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Info | Howard 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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Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Sep 21, 1981 |
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Sandra Day O'Connor |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 17, 1975 |
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John Paul Stevens |
US Secretary of the Interior - Jun 11, 1975 |
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Stanley K. Hathaway |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 15, 1971 |
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William H. Rehnquist |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 09, 1971 |
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Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr. |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - May 17, 1970 |
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Harry Blackmun |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Apr 08, 1970 |
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Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Nov 21, 1969 |
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Supreme Court - Chief Justice - Jun 23, 1969 |
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Warren E. Burger |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Aug 30, 1967 |
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Thurgood Marshall |
US Ambassador to Brazil - Apr 28, 1959 |
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