- 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 inIreland , and also for a time served on theIsle 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, fromBrigham Young University .Cannon played a pivotal role in the purchase of
Geneva Steel fromU.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.
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External links
* Biography at Utah Republican Party website: http://www.utgop.org/leadership/joe_cannon.html
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