Jim Cannon | |
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White House Domestic Affairs Advisor | |
In office February 28, 1975 – January 20, 1977 | |
President | Gerald Ford |
Preceded by | Kenneth Reese Cole Jr. |
Succeeded by | Stuart E. Eizenstat |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] Sylacauga, Alabama, U.S. | February 26, 1918
Died | September 15, 2011 Arlington County, Virginia, U.S. | (aged 93)
Political party | Republican |
Education | University of Alabama (BS) |
James M. Cannon (February 26, 1918 – September 15, 2011) was an American historian, author and former assistant to the President of the United States for foreign affairs during the Gerald Ford administration.[2] Before his work with Ford, he was an aide to the governor of New York and vice president, Nelson D. Rockefeller after a career as a journalist.[3][4] After leaving the White House at the end of the Ford Administration, Cannon became Ford's official biographer, publishing Time and Chance: Gerald Ford's Appointment with History.[3][5]