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James Cannon Jr., American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
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James Cannon Jr.
American bishop (1864–1944)
James Cannon Jr. was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, elected in 1918. He was a prominent leader in the temperance movement in the United States in the 1920s, until derailed by scandal. H. L. Mencken said in 1934: "Six years ago he was the undisputed…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Methodist denomination
The Methodist Episcopal Church, South was the American Methodist denomination resulting from the 19th-century split over the issue of slavery in the Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC). Disagreement on this issue had been increasing in strength for decades between churches of the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)