Howard Cannon
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Howard Walter Cannon was an American politician from the U.S. state of Nevada. A member of the Democratic Party, he served four terms in the United States Senate representing Nevada from 1959 to 1983.
Cannon while serving, c. 1962
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Senator Cannon meets with President Jimmy Carter, c. 1978
Roy Lee Williams
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Roy Lee Williams was an American labor leader who was president of the Teamsters from May 15, 1981, to April 14, 1983.
Howard Cannon
…of the airline industry. Cannon's final Senate term was mired in a scandal after the revelation of a 1979 meeting with Teamsters union president Roy Lee Williams where Cannon was offered a bribe to block the Motor Carrier Act of 1980. The scandal contributed to Cannon losing re-election in 1982 to Republican…
with Ronald Reagan in 1982