Mr. Cannon obtained his early education at Burlington, N. J. He was graduated with honor from Yale College in the class of 1867, and then took up the study of law, graduating from Columbia College Law School in New York City with the degree of LL.B., in June, 1870, and being admitted to the New York bar at the sane time. He was admitted to the bar of New Jersey as an attorney in November, 1870, and since then has been actively and successfully engaged in the general practice of his profession in Hoboken, Hudson County, where he also resides. In November, 1873, he was admitted before the Supreme Court as a counselor. Mr. Cannon has been in constant practice for thirty years, and during that period has tried a large number of important eases in the various courts of the State which have won for hirer a recognized leadership at the bar. He is a lawyer and advocate of unusual ability, of marked judicial qualifications, and of keen discrimination and ready perception, and both in the office and before a jury displays those qualities which have long held him among the foremost legal practitioners in Hudson County.

His energies have been devoted almost uninterruptedly to the duties of his profession, in which he has achieved eminence and success; yet he has been called upon to fill several important trusts and positions, among them that of Corporation Attorney, of Hoboken, from May, 1877, to May, 1878. He has been Vice-President of the Columbia Club of Hoboken since 1595, and is also a Director of the First National Bank and a Vestryman of Trinity Church, Hoboken. In every capacity Mr. Cannon has exhibited that public spirit and consummate ability which characterized his ancestors, from whom lie inherits peculiar legal qualifications and forensic skill. A man of the strictest integrity, he is universally respected and esteemed, and during a long and honorable career has maintained the entire confidence of the community.