Biography:

Reporter, editor; political aide. Born–February 26, 1981, Sylacauga. Parents:  James M. and Anne Hollingsworth Cannon.  Married–Cherie Dawson, May 17, 1952.  Children– two.  University of Alabama, B.S., 1939.  Served in the US Army, World War II.  Reporter for the Potsdam (N.Y.) Herald-Recorder, the Gloverville (N.Y.) Leader-Republican, and the Baltimore Sun.  Contributing editor for Time magazine, 1954-56; worked for Newsweek as general editor, senior editor, and vice-president, 1956-1969.  Aide to Governor Nelson Rockefeller, 1969-75; to President Gerald Ford, 1975-76; chief of staff for Senator Howard Baker, 1976-84. Died September 15, 2011.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online.

Publication(s):

Politics USA. Garden City, N.Y.; Doubleday, 1960.

American Asenda (Book of the Month Club, 1989)

Time and Chance: Gerald Ford’s Appointment with History (HarperCollins, February, 1994)
(University of Michigan Press, re-published, February, 1998)

Contributor:

Character Above All (Simon & Schuster, 1995)

Papers;

Papers of James M. Cannon’s years with Gerald Ford are held by the Gerald Ford Library.