Franklin Cannon

Franklin Cannon (born March 12, 1794 in North Carolina , †  June 13, 1863 in Cape Girardeau County , Missouri ) was an American politician . Between 1836 and 1840 he was lieutenant governor of the state of Missouri.

Career

Franklin Cannon studied medicine and then worked as a doctor. In 1819 he came to the Missouri Territory , where he settled as a doctor near what is now the city of Jackson . In the years 1832 and 1833 he made great medical contributions there in the fight against a cholera epidemic. Politically, he joined the Democratic Party . He was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives and was elected to the State Senate in 1832 .

In 1836, Cannon was elected lieutenant governor of Missouri alongside Lilburn Boggs . He held this office between 1836 and 1840. He was Deputy Governor and Chairman of the State Senate. After serving as Lieutenant Governor, Cannon practiced as a doctor again. In Jackson he ran a doctor's office together with his son, who was also a doctor. He was also the owner of a large plantation that was run with the help of slaves. In 1845 he took part as a delegate in an albeit unsuccessful constitutional convention of his state. He died on June 13, 1863. Franklin Cannon was married to Mary W. Dunklin, daughter of Governor Daniel Dunklin .

Web links

• Franklin Cannon in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• The Political Graveyard
• Cannon at Our Campaigns
• Mention of Cannons with short biography in the Southeast Missourian newspaper