[1] Carolton Hospital, Fairfield, CT.
Father: Henry E. Shannon
Mother: Ellen Coughlin
Sister: Celia Youd
Wife: Helen M. McMurray (m. 15-Apr-1925, two sons, one daughter)
Son: John H. (b. 1926)
Son: James, Jr. (b. 1928)
Daughter: Helen Claire Richards (b. 1931)
High School: Bridgeport High School, Bridgeport, CT (transferred)
High School: Georgetown Preparatory Academy (1914-16)
University: Georgetown University (1918)
Law School: LLB, Yale Law School (1921)
Connecticut State Supreme Court Justice (1965-66)
Connecticut State Official Judge, Superior Court (1953-65)
Governor of Connecticut (1948-49)
Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (1947-48)
Connecticut Federation of Labor Attorney (1939-48)
Connecticut State Official Judge, Bridgeport City and Juvenile Court (1931-35)
Connecticut State Official Prosecuting Attorney, Bridgeport, CT (1923-31)
Algonquin Club
American Legion
Connecticut Bar Association 1921
Kiwanis Club
Knights of Columbus
Republican National Committee 1952
