Famous People with Name Cannon

Joseph Gurney Cannon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joseph Gurney Cannon: was a United States politician from Illinois and leader of the Republican Party. Cannon served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1911, and historians generally consider him to be the most dominant Speaker in United Stat

Isabella Walton Cannon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Isabella Walton Cannon: was the first female mayor of a capital city in the United States. At the age of 73, she defeated the incumbent mayor of Raleigh, Jyles Jack Coggins, during the election of 1977. Known as “the little old lady in tennis shoes,” she served one term as mayor

Philip Leonidas Cannon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Philip Leonidas Cannon: was Lieutenant Governor of Delaware from January 15, 1901 to January 17, 1905. Cannon, the son of former Governor William Cannon and Magaret Ann Barker, was the first elected to the office under the Delaware Constitution of 1897, and served under 53rd Gov

Lawrence John Cannon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lawrence John Cannon: was a Canadian lawyer and judge. In 1882, he ran unsuccessfully as the Liberal candidate for the Canadian House of Commons in the riding of Drummond—Arthabaska losing to Désiré Olivier Bourbeau. In 1891, he was appointed deputy attorney general and law clerk for the province of Quebec. He was appointed a judge of the Superior Court for the district of Trois-Rivières in 1905 and served as a judge until his death in 1921.

Lawrence Cannon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lawrence Cannon: is a Canadian politician from Quebec and Prime Minister Stephen Harper's former Quebec lieutenant. On October 30, 2008 he was sworn in as Minister of Foreign Affairs. He was defeated in the 2011 federal election by the NDP's Mathieu Ravignat. Cannon then was elected in 1985 as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party to the National Assembly of Quebec for the provincial riding of La Peltrie; and then served as Parliamentary Secretary: notably to the Minister of Foreign Trade and Technological Development,and then Tourism. From October 1990 to January 1994 he was minister for communications, and implemented the 911 emergency system as well as the Privacy Act within Quebec. He was also active with the federal Liberals supporting Sheila Copps (who as well later became Deputy Prime Minister of Canada) in her attempt to win the federal 1990 Liberal leadership election won instead by Jean Chrétien.