Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Benjamin Bartlett Cannon

Full Name: Benjamin Bartlett Cannon, Sr.
Birth date: March 13, 1801
Death date: September 8, 1859

Terms of Service

House, 8th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ Legislature
Elected but never sworn
House, 5th Legislature
11/7/1853 - 11/5/1855
House, 4th Legislature
11/3/1851 - 11/7/1853

(1) 8th Legislature - Cannon elected but never sworn; died 9/8/1859. Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families 1889.
(2) James C. Francis, sworn 11/7/1859, succeeded Benjamin B. Cannon, member-elect, died 9/8/1859. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

5th Legislature - Roll of Members, B.B. [Cannon], age 52, native state Tennessee, emigrated from Tennessee in 1847, farmer, postoffice Rusk, Cherokee County. House Journal .

Other Resources

Mentioned in biographical sketch of his son, B.B. Cannon, Jr., pp. 154, 157, includes portrait. B.B. Cannon, Sr. was a member-elect to the state legislature at the time of his death. Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families 1889.
Benjamin Bartlette Cannon, birth date 3/13/1801 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, death date 9/8/1859 in San Augustine, Texas, burial in Ceder Hill Cemetery, Rusk, Cherokee County, Texas. Grave marker inscription. Find a Grave .
CANNON, BENJAMIN BARTLETT (1801-1859). Handbook of Texas Online .