Joseph J. Cannon
American politician
Joseph Jenne Cannon (May 22, 1877 – November 5, 1945) was a Utah politician and newspaper editor and was a leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He was a member of the prominent Cannon political family .
Biography
As a young man, Cannon served as a missionary for the LDS Church in Europe . He accompanied LDS Church apostle Francis M. Lyman in offering prayers in St. Petersburg and Moscow which dedicated Russia for the preaching of Mormonism in August 1903. [1] Lyman and Cannon also similarly dedicated Finland in 1903.
In the 1908 election, Cannon was elected as a member of the Utah House of Representatives from Salt Lake County . He served one term, from 1909 to 1911. Cannon was not formally associated with any political party.
From 1931 to 1934, Cannon was the editor of the Deseret News , a Salt Lake City newspaper owned by the LDS Church. His tenure ended when the LDS Church asked him to become the president of the church's British Mission . Cannon served in this capacity for three years, until 1937.
Immediately following his return to Utah, Cannon was asked to become the first assistant to George Q. Morris , the general superintendent of the church's Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association . Cannon served in this capacity until his death from pancreatic cancer in 1945. [2]
Notes
- ↑ "To Every Nation, Kindred, Tongue, and People," Ensign , November 2003, pp. 125–27.
- ↑ State of Utah Death Certificate Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine .
References
- Andrew Jenson , Encyclopedia History of the Church [ full citation needed ]
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