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Joe Shannon | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 5th district | |
In office March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1943 | |
Preceded by | Edgar C. Ellis |
Succeeded by | Roger C. Slaughter |
Personal details | |
Born | St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. | March 17, 1867
Died | March 28, 1943 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. | (aged 76)
Resting place | Calvary Cemetery Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse |
Celia J. Hutawa (m. 1892) |
Children | 2 |
Joseph Bernard Shannon (March 17, 1867 – March 28, 1943) was a Democratic political boss in Kansas City, Missouri, who was a rival to the more dominant James Pendergast political machine in the late 19th and the early 20th centuries.