28 Facts About Chris Cannon

Christopher Black Cannon was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, for the Republican Party, representing the third district of Utah from 1997 to 2009.

Chris Cannon was a member of the Cannon family of Utah.

Chris Cannon was the third member of his family to serve in the House, but the first voting member.

Chris Cannon's great-grandfather, George Q Cannon, was a nonvoting member of the House from 1873 to 1881, while Utah was still a territory, whose son Frank Cannon was the state's first senator, as well as a non voting delegate.

Chris Cannon died in Provo on May 8,2024, at the age of 73.

In 1996, Chris Cannon was the Republican candidate in Utah's 3rd District against Democratic incumbent Bill Orton, who had managed to hold the seat for three terms despite its heavy Republican tilt.

Chris Cannon never faced another general election contest nearly that close, and was reelected five times.

Chris Cannon first entered the national spotlight in 1999, when as a member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, he was one of 13 House managers who prosecuted the case against President Bill Clinton in the impeachment trial in the US Senate.

Chris Cannon was named Chairman of the Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee at the beginning of the 108th Congress in January 2003, and served as its ranking Republican from 2007 to 2009.

Chris Cannon served on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.

Chris Cannon was a member of the House Government Reform Committee.

Chris Cannon served on the Subcommittees on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources as well as Regulatory Affairs.

Chris Cannon was a member of the House Resources Committee, serving on the Energy and Mineral Resources and Forests and Forest Health Subcommittees.

In 2000, Chris Cannon co-founded the Congressional Caucus to Fight and Control Methamphetamine, which has nearly 130 members from both major political parties in 2008.

In January 2001, Chris Cannon hired David Safavian as his chief of staff.

In January 2003, Chris Cannon was elected chairman of the influential Western Caucus, an organization of over 50 Congressmen working on resource management issues.

Chris Cannon was a cosponsor of HR 2043, legislation that would provide voting representation for the District of Columbia.

Chris Cannon was one of the most conservative members of the House.

Chris Cannon had a lifetime rating of 96 from the American Conservative Union.

Chris Cannon spent more than $600,000 to defeat Throckmorton and Babka.

Chris Cannon faced opposition in the primaries from a fellow Republican for the first five times he ran, but his opposition in 2006 seemed potentially stronger.

However, Chris Cannon received 32,306 votes and Jacob received 25,589 votes.

Chris Cannon refused to meet with Chaffetz after the election to discuss the Transition.

Chris Cannon did not collect interest in 2002 or 2003 and had not otherwise received interest payments.

Chris Cannon's office stressed that the congressman made repeated efforts to collect the loan.

Chris Cannon acknowledged helping his brother's clients, pointing out that he had been active on the issue in the past before being approached by his brother.

Chris Cannon had a financial interest in his brother's success: The lobbyist owed him more than $250,000, according to the lawmaker's financial disclosure reports.

Chris Cannon offered Hertford College, Oxford philosopher Peter Millican $10,000 to prove that then-presidential candidate Barack Obama's memoir Dreams from My Father was ghostwritten by Bill Ayers by using computer analysis to compare that work to Ayers' Fugitive Days.