Background
Cannon, James was born on November 13, 1864 in at Salisbury, Missouri. Son of James and Lydia Robertson (Primrose) Cannon.
Cannon, James was born on November 13, 1864 in at Salisbury, Missouri. Son of James and Lydia Robertson (Primrose) Cannon.
Bachelor of Arts, Randolph-Macon College, 1884. A.M., Princeton, 1889. Bachelor of Divinity, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1888.
Doctor of Divinity, Randolph-Macon, 1903.
Entered ministry in Virginia Conference Mechanical Engineering Church, South Portsmouth, Virginia., 1888. President Blackstone College for Girls, 1894-1918, also editor Christian Advocate, 1904-1918. Superintendent Anti-Saloon League of Virginia, 1910-1919.
Elected bishop Methodist Episcopal Church, South, May 1918. Superintendent Anti-Saloon League of Virginia, 1910-1919. General superintendent Southern Assembly, 1911-1919.
Member General Conference Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 5 times. Member Executive Committee Anti-Saloon League of America since 1902, of administrative committee since 1927, chairman nat. legislative committee since 1914. Delegate World’s Missionary Conference, Edinburgh, 1910.
Chairman of the Board Temperance and Social Service, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1918-1934. Chairman of the executive committee World League Against Alcoholism since 1919. Visited Europe 10 times, in connection with war problems, 1918-1922, yearly as member various commissions, 1918-1937.
Delegate and member continuation coms. of Universal Conference on Life and Work and Faith and Order, Geneva, 1920-1937, Lausanne, 1927, Life and Work, Stockholm, 1925. Delegate to Methodist Ecumenical Confs., London, 1921, Atlanta, 1931. Chairman Ednl. Campaign Commission Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1919-1922.
Chairman Southern Commission Unification of Methodism, 1918-1926. Member executive and administrator committee Federal Council of Churches since 1916. Chairman Federal Council Commission on Relation with Religious Bodies in Europe, 1920-1924, chairman Commision on Marriage and the Home, 1922-1930.
Bishop in charge of mission work of Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Mexico, Belgian Congo, Cuba and Brazil, 1918-1934, of Alabama, 1920-1922, of Pacific Coast work, 1934-1938. Chairman of Commission Southern Anti-Smith Democrats, 1928. Trustee Church Peace Union since 1924.
Member Special Survey Committee Near East. Chairman Committee on Near East Relief for Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Delegate World Conference on Life and Work, Oxford, July 1937, World Conference On Faith and Order, Edinburgh, August 1937, World Peace Conference, Geneva, September 1937.
Member General Conference Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 5 times. Member Executive Committee Anti-Saloon League of America since 1902, of administrative committee since 1927, chairman nat. legislative committee since 1914. Member executive and administrator committee Federal Council of Churches since 1916.
Member Special Survey Committee Near East. Member Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Lura Virginia Bennett, August, 1888 (died 1928).; married second, Mistress. Children: 3 daus.