Clarence Cannon

★ U.S. Representative

Born: April 11, 1879
Died: May 12, 1964
Age at death: 85
Home state: Missouri
Party: Democratic
On the ballot: 1926–1962

Career timeline

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1954Rep 1958Rep 1960Rep 1962Rep

16-0

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Cannon1.9M

Opponents20.4M

Elections run

Between 1926 and 1962, Clarence Cannon ran in 16 U.S. House elections, winning all 16. Cannon's biggest single-election total was 997,642 votes, in the 1932 U.S. House election in Missouri's at-large district. Cannon's closest win came in the 1942 U.S. House election in Missouri's District 9, decided by 5,170 votes.

Browse every U.S. House race in Missouri's District 9, every U.S. House race in Missouri's at-large district, or all 1962 U.S. House races.

How many votes has Clarence Cannon received?

Clarence Cannon has received 1,852,500 popular votes across 16 U.S. elections, with a career record of 16–0.

Election history

Clarence Cannon’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1962	U.S. HouseMissouri	Won	74,25461.23%	Anthony Schroeder (head-to-head)
1960	U.S. HouseMissouri	Won	107,38459.83%	Anthony Schroeder (head-to-head)
1958	U.S. HouseMissouri	Won	67,55564.76%	Anthony Schroeder (head-to-head)
1954	U.S. HouseMissouri	Won	65,86259%	Carpenter
1952	U.S. HouseMissouri	Won	98,96554.75%	Wat Arnold
1950	U.S. HouseMissouri	Won	43,95061.45%	Redman
1948	U.S. HouseMissouri	Won	56,66961.66%	Dillon
1944	U.S. HouseMissouri	Won	50,59453.22%	William Barton
1942	U.S. HouseMissouri	Won	30,08254.56%	Carl E Starkloff Elmer E Morrow
1940	U.S. HouseMissouri	Won	60,20455.28%	F B Meyer (head-to-head)
1938	U.S. HouseMissouri	Won	40,68660.51%	F B Meyer (head-to-head) Shumaker (head-to-head)
1936	U.S. HouseMissouri	Won	62,62361.76%	Linder Deimund Shumaker (head-to-head)
1934	U.S. HouseMissouri	Won	41,51462.4%	Voelkerding Maczuk
1932	U.S. HouseMissouri	Won	997,6424.8%	John Cochran James Claiborne Joseph Shannon Clyde Williams Frank Lee James Ruffin Ralph Lozier Jacob Milligan Reuben Wood Milton Romjue Richard Duncan Clement Dickinson Dyer Henry F Niedringhaus James Stewart John M Hadley Carl Otto Miller Phil A Bennett Clark Manlove Rowland L Johnston David Hopkins Palmer Davis Phillips Morrison Langley Becker Elliff Anderson Henschel Davidson Turner Hill Harrison Shumaker (head-to-head) Thayer Benz
1930	U.S. HouseMissouri	Won	25,79662.44%	Frank H Hollmann Shumaker (head-to-head)
1926	U.S. HouseMissouri	Won	28,72061.2%	Osmund Haenssler Shumaker (head-to-head)

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (C000117) and Wikidata (Q163179). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.

Cite this profile. PolitiFinder, “Clarence Cannon: election history & vote totals.” https://politifinder.com/p/clarence-cannon. Accessed [date].

Compiled by PolitiFinder. Election results from official certified sources and the MIT Election Lab. See Data & sources and methodology. Data last verified July 28, 2026.