Q:Information:  - A U.S. state is a constituent political entity of the United States of America. There are 50 states, which are bound together in a union with each other. Each state holds administrative jurisdiction over a defined geographic territory, and shares its sovereignty with the United States federal government. Due to the shared sovereignty between each state and the federal government, Americans are citizens of both the federal republic and of the state in which they reside. State citizenship and residency are flexible, and no government approval is required to move between states, except for persons covered by certain types of court orders (e.g., paroled convicts and children of divorced spouses who are sharing custody).  - William Cannon (March 15, 1809  March 1, 1865) was an American merchant and politician from Bridgeville, in Sussex County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party and later the Republican Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as Governor of Delaware during much of the Civil War.  - Philip Leonidas Cannon ( June 28 , 1850 -- August 11 , 1929 ) was the first Lieutenant Governor of Delaware from January 15 , 1901 to January 17 , 1905 . Cannon , the son of former Governor William Cannon and Magaret Ann Barker , was the first elected to the office under the Delaware Constitution of 1897 , and served under 53rd Governor John Hunn . Cannon married Hester Polk . Cannon studied at Dickinson College but did not graduate . For a time he was involved in farming with his brother Henry Laws Cannon . They also for a time ran a canning factory .  - The Lieutenant Governor of Delaware is the second ranking executive officer of the U.S. state of Delaware. Lieutenant Governors are elected for a term of four years in the same general election as the U.S. President and take office the following January.    After reading the paragraphs above, choose the best answer for the entity that related to 'philip l. cannon' with the relationship of 'member of political party'.  Choices: - democratic party  - republican party  - union
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republican party