Background
Cahoon was born in Providence, Rhode Island to Daniel Cahoon, Junior. He attended the common schools.
Cahoon was born in Providence, Rhode Island to Daniel Cahoon, Junior. He attended the common schools.
He served as a United States. Representative from Vermont. He succeeded his father as town clerk in Lyndon, and served from 1808 until 1829. Cahoon was a presidential elector in 1808 and voted for Madison and Langdon.
He was appointed major general in the militia in 1808 and served during the War of 1812.
From 1811 until 1819, Cahoon served as Caledonia County judge. From 1820 until 1821, Cahoon served as the fourth Lieutenant Governor of Vermont.
He was elected an Anti-Masonic candidate to the Twenty-first United States Congress and the Twenty-second United States Congress, serving from March 4, 1829 until March 3, 1833. He was an unsuccessful candidate in 1832 for reelection to Congress.
Cahoon died on May 30, 1833 in Lyndon, Vermont.
He is interred at the Lyndon Town Cemetery in Lyndon Center, Vermont.
He was a member of the Vermont State House of Representatives from 1802 until 1810. He was a delegate to the Vermont State constitutional conventions in 1814 and 1828, and a member of the Vermont Governor"s Council from 1815 until 1820.