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Cannon the Appropriations Chair Faces Long House Career
Rep. Clarence Cannon of Missouri heads the House Appropriations Committee with over 30 years of service. He is described as stubborn yet agile, stern with public money and gentle at home. The profile notes his impact on federal spending, his close ties to Speaker Sam Rayburn, and his long personal life with wife Ida Dawson Wigsinton.
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Rep. Cannon
Appropriations
Clarence Cannan
Missouri
House Appropriations Committee
John
Anand
John Phillips
California
John Taber
New York
Kenneth McXellar
Tennessee
Cannon
Cerman
Appropriations Committee
Santch ‘Pexas
Rayburn
Canton
House’, of Representatives
Champ Clark
House
Washington
Tin Son
Georgia
Ida Dawson Wigsinton
Whemore