# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/newton-cannon
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:38:35.713Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/newton-cannon"
name: "Newton Cannon"
slug: "newton-cannon"
description: "Newton Cannon was an American politician who served as the eighth governor of Tennessee from 1835 to 1839. He also served several terms in the United States House of Representatives, from 1814 to 1817, and from 1819 to 1823. Cannon was a long-time foe of Andrew Jackson, and spent much of his political career opposing Jacksonite policies. Cannon was succeeded as Governor of Tennessee by James K. Polk in 1839, who later became President of the United States."
tagline: "American politician (1781-1841)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cannon-newton-by-wb-cooper.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1781-05-22"
deathDate: "1841-09-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.92
  momentum:             1.259842519685039
  historical:           8.948777333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D1%8C%D1%8E%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Ньютон Кеннон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "نيوتن كانون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "نيوتن كانون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "نیوتون کانون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton_Cannon"
    title: "Newton Cannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton_Cannon"
    title: "Newton Cannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%95%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%A7%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "ניוטון קנון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton_Cannon"
    title: "Newton Cannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton_Cannon"
    title: "Newton Cannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton_Cannon"
    title: "Newton Cannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39387"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump