Bob Gannon

{{Infobox officeholder

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| name = Bob Gannon

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| state = Wisconsin

| state_assembly = Wisconsin

| district = 58th

| term_start = January 2015

| term_end = October 3, 2017

| preceded = Patricia Strachota

| succeeded = Rick Gundrum

| party = Republican

| birth_date = January 6, 1959

| birth_place = Mequon, Wisconsin, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and given age|2017|10|3|58}}

| death_place = West Bend, Wisconsin, U.S.

| children = 2

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Robert John Gannon (January 6, 1959{{snd}}October 3, 2017) was an American politician and businessman from West Bend, Wisconsin.{{Cite web |title=Representative Bob Gannon |url=https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/legislators/assembly/1554 |access-date=2022-09-06 |website=docs.legis.wisconsin.gov}}{{Cite web |last=Home |first=Myrhum-Patten Funeral |title=Obituary for Robert "Bob" J. Gannon |url=https://www.myrhum-patten.com/obituary/RobertBob-Gannon |access-date=2022-09-06 |website=Obituary for Robert "Bob" J. Gannon |language=en}}

Early life and education

Gannon was born in Mequon, Wisconsin on January 6, 1959. He graduated from the West Bend High School in West Bend, Wisconsin and attended various colleges and vocational schools.

Career

He owned Richards Insurance Agency and AmericInn Hotel in West Bend.{{cite web|url=http://www.gannonforassembly.com/community|title=Robert Gannon for Wisconsin State Assembly|work=Gannon For Assembly|accessdate=January 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306124538/http://www.gannonforassembly.com/community/|archive-date=March 6, 2016|url-status=dead}}[http://wisconsinvote.org/candidates/bob-gannon Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110211628/http://wisconsinvote.org/candidates/bob-gannon |date=November 10, 2014 }}, WisconsinVote.org; accessed October 4, 2017. On November 4, 2014, Gannon was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly as a Republican.[http://www.wkow.com/story/27275186/wi-uncontested WI Uncontested] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110190906/http://www.wkow.com/story/27275186/wi-uncontested|date=November 10, 2014}}

While discussing a shooting that took place at the East Towne Mall during a town hall meeting in 2015, Gannon criticized gun-free zones and called on concealed carry gun owners to "help clean our society of these scumbags." Representative Chris Taylor denounced his comments as a call "for a vigilante uprising."{{cite web|url=http://host.madison.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/gop-lawmaker-on-concealed-carry-law-abiding-citizens-can-help/article_bbf53b8f-7735-54de-a0c8-e4c90ff7e128.html|title=GOP lawmaker on concealed carry: 'Law-abiding citizens can help clean our society of these scumbags'|author=Molly Beck - Wisconsin State Journal|date=December 22, 2015|work=madison.com|accessdate=January 13, 2016}}

In early January 2016, Gannon released a press release tying crime in Milwaukee to the city's economy. After receiving criticism over the press release from Peter Barca, Gannon gave Barca the finger on the floor of the Assembly.{{cite web|url=http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/govt-and-politics/rep-bob-gannon-flips-off-peter-barca-in-heated-dispute/article_28c4cc65-7b06-54bd-a8bc-a4637f22221e.html|title=Rep. Bob Gannon flips off Peter Barca in heated dispute over Milwaukee crime comments|author=Jessie Opoien - The Capital Times|date=January 12, 2016|work=madison.com|accessdate=January 13, 2016}}

Death

Gannon died of natural causes on October 3, 2017, at the age of 58,{{cite web|url=http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2017/10/04/wisconsin-outspoken-lawmaker-bob-gannon-dies-legislative-leader-says/731230001/|title=Wisconsin outspoken lawmaker Bob Gannon dies, legislative leader says|author=Jason Stein}} leaving a wife and two children.{{cite web|last1=WPR Staff|last2=Associated Press|title=Wisconsin State Rep. Bob Gannon Dead at 58|url=https://www.wpr.org/wisconsin-state-rep-bob-gannon-dead-58|website=www.wpr.org|publisher=Wisconsin Public Radio, Associated Press|accessdate=October 4, 2017}}

References

External links

Category:1959 births

Category:2017 deaths

Category:People from Mequon, Wisconsin

Category:People from West Bend, Wisconsin

Category:Businesspeople from Wisconsin

Category:Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly

Category:20th-century American businesspeople

Category:21st-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature