- Joe Shannon
Joseph Bernard Shannon (
March 17 ,1867 -March 28 ,1943 ) was a Democraticpolitical boss inKansas City, Missouri that was a rival to the more dominant Pendergast political machine in the late 1800s and early 1900s.Shannon was born in
St. Louis, Missouri and moved in his youth toGirard, Kansas . He moved to Kansas City in 1879 where he was constable, city-market master, and studied law beginning practice in 1905.His faction were called the "rabbits" because they derived their power from those who lived along the
Missouri River andKansas River . His rival were the "goats" who derived their power from people living in the hills of Kansas City. The goats were headed by Jim Pendergast and then his brotherTom Pendergast .Shannon was chairman of the Democratic State in 1910; delegate to the
Democratic National Convention s in 1908, 1912, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, and 1940; member of the Missouri constitutional conventions in 1922 and 1923. He was a Congressman fromMarch 4 ,1931 -January 3 ,1943 . He is buried inForest Hill Cemetery .References
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