US Congressman. He served in the Union Army during the Civil War, first as a Lieutenant in the 5th Maine Volunteer Infantry regiment, then as a Captain an Aide-de-Camp on the staff of Major General Henry W. Slocum. When he was honorably discharged he was brevetted Lieutenant Colonel, US Volunteers. He was elected to represent New York's 13th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1895 to 1899. He also served as United States Minister to Nicaragua from 1891 to 1893, United States Minister to Salvador from 1891 to 1893, and United States Minister to Costa Rica from 1891 to 1893.
US Congressman. He served in the Union Army during the Civil War, first as a Lieutenant in the 5th Maine Volunteer Infantry regiment, then as a Captain an Aide-de-Camp on the staff of Major General Henry W. Slocum. When he was honorably discharged he was brevetted Lieutenant Colonel, US Volunteers. He was elected to represent New York's 13th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1895 to 1899. He also served as United States Minister to Nicaragua from 1891 to 1893, United States Minister to Salvador from 1891 to 1893, and United States Minister to Costa Rica from 1891 to 1893.
Family Members
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Charles Tibbetts Shannon
1803–1873
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Jane R. Stanwood Shannon
1811–1870
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Martha Ann Spaulding Greenough-Shannon
1833–1901
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Records on Ancestry
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Richard Cutts Shannon
Westminster, London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1935
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Richard Cutts Shannon
New York, U.S., Grand Army of the Republic Records, 1866-1931
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Richard Cutts Shannon
U.S., Passport Applications, 1795-1925
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Richard Cutts Shannon
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Richard Cutts Shannon
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005
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