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Gabriel Cannon

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Gabriel Cannon
47th Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina
In office
December 9, 1856 – December 10, 1858
GovernorRobert F.W. Allston
Preceded byRichard de Treville
Succeeded byM. E. Carn
Personal details
Born(1806-08-25)August 25, 1806[1]
Spartanburg District, South Carolina, US
DiedDecember 21, 1893(1893-12-21) (aged 87)
Spartanburg District
Political partyDemocratic Party

Gabriel Cannon (August 25, 1806 - December 21, 1893)[2] was an American politician who served as the 47th lieutenant governor of South Carolina.[3]

Biography

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Cannon entered a partnership with Joseph Finger in Fingerville, South Carolina where they established a cotton manufacturing factory.[4] Cannon entered politics when he was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1842 to 1846 as a member of the Democratic Party. He also served in the South Carolina Senate from 1846 to 1862 and again from 1876 to 1880. In 1856, he was elected lieutenant governor of the state.

References

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  1. ^ "Gabriel Cannon". geni.com. Geni. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Gabriel Cannon". ancestry.com. Ancestry. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  3. ^ "LIEUTENANT GOVERNORS OF SOUTH CAROLINA 1730–2021" (PDF). scstatehouse.gov. South Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved May 14, 2023.
  4. ^ Eelman, Bruce W. (2004). "Entrepreneurs in the Southern Upcountry: The Case of Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1815—1880". Enterprise & Society. 5 (1): 77–106. Retrieved 2 June 2023.