Richard C. Shannon

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name = Richard Cutts Shannon


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minister_from = United States
country = Costa Rica
term_start = October 31, 1891
term_end = April 30, 1893
predecessor = Romualdo Pacheco
successor = Lewis Baker
president = Benjamin Harrison
minister_from2 = United States
country2 = Nicaragua
term_start2 = October 13, 1891
term_end2 = April 30, 1893
predecessor2 = Romualdo Pacheco
successor2 = Lewis Baker
president2 = Benjamin Harrison
minister_from3 = United States
country3 = El Salvador
term_start3 = October 31, 1891
term_end3 = April 30, 1893
predecessor3 = Romualdo Pacheco
successor3 = Lewis Baker
president3 = Benjamin Harrison
state4 = New York
district4 = 13th
term_start4 = March 4, 1895
term_end4 = March 3, 1899
birth_date = birth date|1839|2|12
birth_place = New London, Connecticut
death_date = death date and age|1920|10|5|1839|2|12
death_place = Brockport, New York
restingplace = Lake View Cemetery Brockport, New York
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nationality = American
party = Republican
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footnotes = Richard Cutts Shannon (February 12, 1839 - October 5, 1920) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in New London, Connecticut, Shannon was graduated from the grammar and high schools at Biddeford, Maine, and from Waterville College (now Colby College), Maine. During the Civil War enlisted in Company H, Fifth Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry, June 24, 1861.He was appointed first lieutenant October 10, 1861.He served as aide-de-camp to General Slocum March 15, 1862.He served as captain and assistant adjutant general of Volunteers October 2, 1862. Honorably discharged February 10, 1866.He was appointed secretary of the United States legation at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1871, and served until March 1875, when he resigned. Took charge of the Botanical Garden Railroad Co. in 1876, an American enterprise in Brazil, of which he subsequently became the vice president, general manager, and president.He returned to the United States in 1883 and was graduated from the law department of Columbia College, New York City, in 1885.He was admitted to the New York bar in 1886 and commenced practice in New York City.He was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Nicaragua, Salvador, and Costa Rica in 1891, and served until April 1893.

Shannon was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1899).He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1898.He resumed the practice of his profession in New York City.He retired in 1903 and moved to Brockport, New York, where he died October 5, 1920.He was interred in Lake View Cemetery.

References

*CongBio|S000288 Retrieved on 2008-02-15

External links

*findagrave|7261444 Retrieved on 2008-02-15