Joe Shannon (politician)

Joe Shannon
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's 5th district
In office
March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1943
Preceded byEdgar C. Ellis
Succeeded byRoger C. Slaughter
Personal details
Born(1867-03-17)March 17, 1867
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
DiedMarch 28, 1943(1943-03-28) (aged 76)
Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Resting placeCalvary Cemetery
Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Celia J. Hutawa
(m. 1892)
Children2

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.