Legacy
- Cannon brought a federal Veterans Administration Hospital to Danville; it continues to serve military veterans.
- The first building of offices for congressmen outside of the United States Capitol building was named after Cannon.
- Cannon signed the Sixteenth Amendment which established Congress' right to impose a Federal income tax.
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