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Powerful but little known: Cannon Hayden Mills Smith
Rep. Clarence Cannon dies at 85 after 41 years in the House. The piece notes his, Hayden, and Smith’s rise through seniority to chair powerful committees like Appropriations, Ways and Means, Rules, shaping legislation and spending. It highlights the anonymity of power in Congress and the reliance on seniority to maintain influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Rep
Clarence Cannon
Missouri
Congress
Daniel Webster
Cannon
House
Senate
House Appropriations Committee
Sen
Carl Hage den
Krizona de Tae Ang
Wongress
Deen
Ae Hayden
Senate Appropriations Committee
Mills
Ways and Means
House Rules Committee
Howard W. Smith
Virginia
Smith
Hayden