American Decades
Cannon, James, Jr. 1864-1944
BISHOP
Religious Leader.
After graduating from Randolph-Macon College and the Princeton Theological Seminary, James Cannon Jr. committed himself to advancing the cause of Jesus; the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; and himself. His enemies—and he had many inside and outside his denomination—believed that he actually followed these priorities in reverse order. Shortly after Cannon's ordination he became president of the Blackstone School for Girls, a Methodist school in Virginia, and quickly managed to place it and himself on solid financial footing. The money he saved he invested in the Richmond Virginian, which became a leading weekly Methodist newspaper and his voice to his fellow Methodists. He also served as the head of the Virginia Anti-Saloon League, the most prominent Prohibition organization in the country.
Bishop Cannon.
Cannon rose quickly in Southern Methodist ranks, in time serving as...
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1920's Religion
