Glenn Clarence Cunningham

Glenn Cunningham (1969)

Glenn Clarence Cunningham (born September 10, 1912 in Omaha , Nebraska , † December 18, 2003 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1957 and 1971 he represented the second constituency of the state of Nebraska in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Glenn Cunningham attended the University of Nebraska in Omaha until 1935 . He then worked as an insurance agent. Politically, he became a member of the Republican Party . From 1946 to 1948 he was a member of the school board of the city of Omaha and from 1947 to 1948 he was also a councilor there. He was then Mayor of Omaha between 1949 and 1954.

In 1948 and 1952, Cunningham was a delegate to the respective Republican National Conventions , at which Thomas E. Dewey and Dwight D. Eisenhower were nominated as the party's presidential candidates. In the congressional elections of 1956 Cunningham was elected to the US House of Representatives, where he succeeded Jackson B. Chase on January 3, 1957 . After a few re-elections, he was able to complete a total of seven legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1971 .

In 1970 Glenn Cunningham was no longer nominated by his party for another term. He then withdrew from politics. Cunningham died in December 2003 at the age of 91 in his native Omaha. After him was Glenn Cunningham Lake named.

Web links

• Glenn Clarence Cunningham in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Glenn Clarence Cunningham in the database of Find a Grave (English)