district residence succeeded children religion birth_place party term_end preceded birth_date term_start spouse article_title state name occupation alma_mater
3rd mapleton , utah jason chaffetz 8 the mormon -rrb- church of jesus christ of latter-day saints -lrb- salt lake city , utah republican january 3 , 2009 bill orton 20 october 1950 january 3 , 1997 claudia ann fox chris cannon
 utah chris cannon attorney brigham young university
chris cannon

christopher black `` chris '' cannon -lrb- born october 20 , 1950 -rrb- was a member of the united states house of representatives , for the republican party , representing the third district of utah from 1997 to 2009 .
he was born in salt lake city , utah and attended brigham young university -lrb- byu -rrb- as well as j. reuben clark law school of byu .
from 1980 until 1996 he was a lawyer , business owner , and venture capitalist , from which he became a millionaire .
other jobs include time as a solicitor for the united states department of the interior from 1983 to 1986 , and time as utah republican party finance chairman from 1992 until 1994 .
on june 24 , 2008 , he was defeated in the 2008 republican party third district primary by jason chaffetz , former chief of staff to then-utah governor jon huntsman , jr. .
