Arthur Patrick Cannon (May 22, 1904 ā January 23, 1966) was a four-term
United States Representative
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from
Florida
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, serving from 1939 to 1947.
Early life and education
Cannon was born in
Powder Springs, Georgia and later moved to
Laurens County, South Carolina
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Laurens County is included in the Greenville- Anderson- Mauldin, SC Metropolitan Statistic ...
where he attended the public schools. On the post-secondary level, he attended
Wofford College
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,
Stetson University
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, and graduated from the
University of Miami School of Law
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in 1931. He was
admitted to the bar
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in 1931, and commenced the practice of law in
Miami, Florida
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.
Congress
Cannon was elected as a
Democrat
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to Florida's 4th District in the United States House of Representatives for the Seventy-sixth Congress, and to the three succeeding sessions of the United States Congress (January 3, 1939 ā January 3, 1947). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1946, losing the election to future
U.S. Senator George Smathers
George Armistead Smathers (November 14, 1913 ā January 20, 2007) was an American lawyer and politician who represented the state of Florida in the United States Senate from 1951 until 1969 and in the United States House from 1947 to 1951, as ...
.
Later career and death
After leaving Congress, Cannon resumed the practice of law and was elected circuit judge of
Dade County, Florida
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in 1952. He was reelected in 1954 and in 1960 to six-year terms.
Cannon was a resident of Miami, Florida until his death in Miami on January 23, 1966. Cannon was interred in Woodlawn Park Cemetery (now
Caballero Rivero Woodlawn North Park Cemetery and Mausoleum), Miami, Florida.
References
External links
GovTrack.US*
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1904 births
1966 deaths
University of Miami School of Law alumni
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Florida
People from Powder Springs, Georgia
Wofford College alumni
Stetson University alumni
20th-century American politicians