Note: This is just one of
1,164
family groupings listed on
The Political Graveyard web site.
These families each have three or more politician members,
all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.
These groupings — even the names of the groupings,
and the areas of main activity — are the
result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,
not the choices of any historian or genealogist.
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George Quayle Cannon (1827-1901) —
also known as George Q. Cannon —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Liverpool, England,
January
11, 1827.
Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member
Utah territorial council, 1865-66, 1869-72; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Utah Territory, 1873-81; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Utah Territory, 1880
(not seated).
Mormon.
Had five wives and 32 children; spent six months in federal penitentiary
for cohabitation.
Died in Monterey, Monterey
County, Calif., April
12, 1901 (age 74 years, 91
days).
Interment at Salt
Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Martha Maria Hughes Cannon (1857-1932) —
also known as Martha Hughes Cannon; Mattie Cannon;
Martha Maria Hughes —
of Utah; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born near Llandudno, Wales,
July
1, 1857.
Physician;
member of Utah
state senate, 1897-1905.
Female.
Mormon.
First
woman state senator in the U.S.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 10,
1932 (age 75 years, 9
days).
Interment at Salt
Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Frank Jenne Cannon (1859-1933) —
also known as Frank J. Cannon —
of Ogden, Weber
County, Utah.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, January
25, 1859.
Printer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Utah, 1892,
1896
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker);
Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Utah Territory, 1895-96; defeated, 1892; U.S.
Senator from Utah, 1896-99; Utah
Democratic state chair, 1902-04; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Utah, 1904
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
Mormon.
Died in Denver,
Colo., July 25,
1933 (age 74 years, 181
days).
Interment at Ogden
City Cemetery, Ogden, Utah.
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Donald James Cannon (1919-1998) —
also known as D. James Cannon —
of Utah.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, December
8, 1919.
Member of Utah
state house of representatives, 1957-58; candidate for Governor of
Utah, 1964; candidate for mayor
of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1967.
Mormon.
Coined the Utah license plate slogan "The Greatest Snow On Earth".
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, March 5,
1998 (age 78 years, 87
days).
Interment at Salt
Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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David Nelson (b. 1962) —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born, in a hospital
at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, April 7,
1962.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Utah, 1996,
2000.
Gay.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; National Rifle
Association.
Convicted
on a misdemeanor act of civil
disobedience, 1995 Recipient of Democratic National Committee's
Lawrence O'Brien Achievement Award, 1998.
Still living as of 2004.
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