| LC control no. | n 78071735 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Cannon, Howard W. |
| Birth date | 1912-01-26 |
| Death date | 2002-03-05 |
| Place of birth | Saint George (Utah) |
| Place of death | Las Vegas (Nev.) |
| Affiliation | Arizona State Teachers College University of Arizona. College of Law United States. Army. Air Corps United States. Congress. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Lawyers Legislators |
| Found in | Policy and Management Associates. The impact of ... 1978 (a.e.) t.p. (Hon. Howard W. Cannon, chairman, Comm. on Commerce, Sci., and Transportation, U. S. Senate) NUCMC data from Univ. of Virginia Lib. for Scott, H. Papers, 1925-1977 (Cannon, Howard Walter, 1912-); NUCMC files (Cannon, Howard W. (Howard Walter); b. 1912) Vernetti, M. Senator Howard Cannon of Nevada, c2008: ECIP galley (Howard Walter Cannon; U.S. senator from Nevada for 24 years; d. Mar. 6, 2002, at age ninety) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, February 10, 2015 (Cannon, Howard Walter, a Senator from Nevada; born in St. George, Washington County, Utah, January 26, 1912; graduated from Arizona State Teachers College in 1933, and University of Arizona Law School in 1937; admitted to the bar in Arizona in 1937, Utah in 1938, and Nevada in 1946; reference attorney, Utah State senate in 1939; elected county attorney of Washington County, Utah, in 1940; during the Second World War served in the United States Army in 1941 and the United States Army Air Corps 1942-1946, attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel; served in the Air Force Reserve and retired as a major general; elected city attorney of Las Vegas, Nev., in 1949 and served for four consecutive terms; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1958; reelected in 1964, 1970 and 1976 and served from January 3, 1959, to January 3, 1983; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1982; chairman, Joint Committee on Inaugural Arrangements (Ninety-second Congress), Select Committee on Standards and Conduct (Ninety-third and Ninety-fourth Congresses), Committee on Rules and Administration (Ninety-third through Ninety-fifth Congresses), Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (Ninety-fourth Congress), Joint Committee on Library (Ninety-fifth Congress), Joint Committee on Printing (Ninety-fifth Congress), Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Ninety-fifth and Ninety-sixth Congresses); died in Las Vegas, Nevada, on March 5, 2002; interment in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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