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James Cannon | |
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White House Domestic Affairs Advisor | |
In office February 28, 1975 – January 20, 1981 | |
President | Gerald Ford |
Preceded by | Ken Cole |
Succeeded by | Stu Eizenstat |
Personal details | |
Born | Sylacauga, Alabama, U.S. | February 28, 1918
Died | September 15, 2011 Arlington, Virginia, U.S. | (aged 93)
Political party | Republican |
Education | University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (BS) |
James M. Cannon was an historian, author and former Assistant to the President of the United States for Foreign Affairs during the Gerald R. Ford administration.[1] Prior to his work with Ford, he served as an aide to both Governor of New York and Vice President, Nelson D. Rockefeller after a career as a journalist.[2][3] After leaving the White House at the end of the Ford Administration, Cannon became Ford's official biographer, publishing Time and Chance: Gerald Ford's Appointment with History[4][2][5]
Career
Cannon served in the United States Army from 1939-1940 and 1941-1946.[3]
After his discharge from the army, he worked as a reporter for the Potsdam Herald-Recorder in Potsdam, New York from 1947 to 1948, then the Gloversville Leader-Republican in Gloversville, New York from 1948 to 1949.[3] After that, he worked as a reporter for the Baltimore Sun from 1949 to 1954.[3] He was a contributing editor for Time magazine from 1954 to 1956.[3]
From 1956 to 1969, he held a number of positions at Newsweek magazine including National Affairs Editor, Washington correspondent, Chief of Correspondents, and Vice President and Assistant to the Publisher.[3]
From 1969 - to February 1975, Cannon worked in various positions as an aide to Nelson A. Rockefeller, through his tenure as Governor of New York and Vice President of the United States.[3]
In February 1975, he became Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs and Executive Director of the Domestic Policy Council, a position he kept until January 1977, the end of the Ford Administration.[3]
After leaving the White House, he held several positions supporting United States Senator Howard Baker until 1981.[3]
References
- ^ Shirley Anne Warshaw (27 March 2013). Guide to the White House Staff. SAGE Publications. p. 309. ISBN 978-1-4522-3432-8.
- ^ a b "JAMES M. CANNON RESEARCH INTERVIEWS AND NOTES, 1989-94". Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "JAMES M. CANNON PAPERS, 1974-79". Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
- ^ James M. Cannon (1998). Time and Chance: Gerald Ford's Appointment with History. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0-472-08482-8.
- ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/james-m-cannon-iii-former-newsweek-editor-and-ford-adviser-dies-at-93/2011/09/17/gIQAWsAgaK_story.html