Famous People with Name Cannon

Frank Jenne Cannon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Frank Jenne Cannon: was the first United States Senator from Utah, who served from 1896-99.

Christopher Black "Chris" Cannon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Christopher Black "Chris" Cannon: was a member of the United States House of Representatives, for the Republican Party, representing the third district of Utah from 1997 - 2009.

Martha Maria Hughes Cannon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Martha Maria Hughes Cannon: was a Welsh-born immigrant to the United States, a physician, Utah women's rights advocate and suffragist, and Utah state senator. In 1896 Cannon became the first female state senator elected in the United States, defeating her own husband, who was also o

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