Cannon Served from 1905 to 1907 as the director of hydrography for the Utah Office of the State Engineer Not known to have affiliated politically with a party Charles Clarence Neslen April 17, 1879 to December 7, 1967 Also known as C. Clarence Neslen Served in 1912 as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention; in 1917 as a commissioner of Salt Lake City and as the chairman of the city planning commission; from 1917 to 1918 as the chairman of the U.S. Department of War draft board for the city 3rd District; from 1918 to 1928 as the commissioner for the Salt Lake City water supply and waterworks; from 1920 to 1928 as the mayor of Salt Lake City; from 1926 to 1932 as a major and chaplain for the Utah National Guard 145th Field Artillery Group; from 1931 to 1933 as a member of the Utah House of Representatives from Salt Lake County; and from 1933 to 1935 as a member of the Utah Senate from Salt Lake County Affiliated politically with the Democratic Party Quayle Cannon Sr. December 30, 1879 to August 26, 1950 Served from 1923 to 1925 as a member of the Utah House of Representatives from Salt Lake County Not known to have affiliated politically with a party James H. Cannon May 19, 1890 to February 20, 1950 Also known as James Hughes Cannon Founder in 1915 of the Cannon Electric Co. in Los Angeles; and known for inventing the "Cannon Plug" (also known as the XLR connector used widely today) Not known to have affiliated politically with a party John K. Cannon March 2, 1892 to January 12, 1955 Also known as John Kenneth Cannon Served from 1917 to 1942 as a service member of the U.S. Army and U.S. Army Air Corps; from 1942 to 1945 as a commanding general of the U.S. Army Air Forces of World War II, from 1945 to 1946 as the commanding general of U.S. Air Forces in Europe, from 1946 to 1948 as the commanding general of Air Training Command at Barksdale Field in Louisiana, from 1948 to 1950 as the commanding general of U.S. Air Forces in Europe, from 1950 to 1951 as the commander-in-chief of U.S. Air Forces in Europe, and from 1951 to 1954 as the commanding general of Tactical Air Command at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia; and as a recipient