birth_date: 1827-01-11 00:00:00
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name: George Q. Cannon
about: George Quayle Cannon was the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' chief political strategist (the press called him "the Mormon premier" and "the Mormon Richelieu"). He was member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and a first counselor to the first four presidens of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was also Territorial Delegate from Utah from 1873 until 1881.George Q. Cannon was also the publisher of the Juvenile Instructor magazine and opened the George Q. Cannon &amp; Sons bookstore with the purpose of selling the magazine and other publications of an uplifting nature. How many books were actually published by Cannon &amp; Sons is not known, since in that period a lot of the authors published their work themselves, le George Quayle Cannon was the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' chief political strategist (the press called him "the Mormon premier" and "the Mormon Richelieu"). He was member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and a first counselor to the first four presidens of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was also Territorial Delegate from Utah from 1873 until 1881.George Q. Cannon was also the publisher of the Juvenile Instructor magazine and opened the George Q. Cannon &amp; Sons bookstore with the purpose of selling the magazine and other publications of an uplifting nature. How many books were actually published by Cannon &amp; Sons is not known, since in that period a lot of the authors published their work themselves, letting others distribute them. ...more
death_date: 1901-04-12 00:00:00