Joseph A. Cannon

Joseph A. Cannon

Joseph Angus Cannon (commonly known as Joe Cannon) was Chairman of the Utah Republican Party from 2002 to 2006. Cannon was a candidate for the U.S. Senate in 1992 (defeated by current Senator Robert F. Bennett) and served as an assistant administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from 1983 - 1985. He was named editor of the "Deseret Morning News" on December 8, 2006.

Cannon was born in 1949. [Inferrred from age given in LDS Church News article, January 13th, 2007] Cannon served a mission for the LDS Church in Ireland, and also for a time served on the Isle of Man the ancestral homeland of the Cannons. [LDS Church News, January 13th, 2007] Cannon received a degree in political science, and, in 1977, a law degree, from Brigham Young University.

Cannon played a pivotal role in the purchase of Geneva Steel from U.S. Steel in 1987. Subsequent to that transaction, he became Chairman of Geneva Steel.

Family

Joe Cannon is part of the well-known politically powerful Cannon Family of Utah. His brother, Chris Cannon is a Congressman, and he is also the grandson, and great-grandson of Utah Congressmen, and cousin of other Utah Congressmen.

Cannon married Jan Barney, and they became the parents of seven chidren.

References

External links

* Biography at Utah Republican Party website: http://www.utgop.org/leadership/joe_cannon.html


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