Glenn Cunningham (Nebraska)

For other people with the same name, see Glenn Cunningham (disambiguation).

Glenn Cunningham


Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nebraska's 2nd district
In office January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1971
Preceded by	Jackson B. Chase
Succeeded by	John Y. McCollister
Mayor of Omaha
In office 1948–1954
Preceded by	Charles W. Leeman
Succeeded by	John R. Rosenblatt
Personal details
Born	(1912-09-10)September 10, 1912 Omaha, Nebraska
Died	December 18, 2003(2003-12-18) (aged 91) Omaha, Nebraska
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	University of Nebraska at Omaha

Glenn Clarence Cunningham (September 10, 1912 – December 18, 2003) was a Nebraska Republican politician.

He was born in Omaha, Nebraska on September 10, 1912 and graduated from the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 1935. He sold insurance for a while. From 1946 to 1948 he was a member of the Omaha board of education and a member of Omaha city council from 1947 to 1948. He was elected Mayor of Omaha from 1949 to 1954.

He was a delegate to the 1948 Republican National Convention and to the 1952 Republican National Convention. He was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-fifth United States Congress and to the six succeeding Congresses serving from January 3, 1957 to January 3, 1971. He lost his bid for renomination to the Ninety-second United States Congress in 1970 to then Douglas County Commissioner John Y. McCollister. He died on December 18, 2003, in Omaha. He was a member of the Episcopalian church and of Pi Kappa Alpha.

Glenn Cunningham Lake was named for Cunningham.

References

"The Political Graveyard". Cunningham, Glenn Clarence. Retrieved February 11, 2006.
"Congressional Bioguide". Cunningham, Glenn Clarence. Retrieved February 11, 2006.

This article incorporates facts obtained from: Lawrence Kestenbaum, The Political Graveyard

Political offices
Preceded by Charles W. Leeman	Mayor of Omaha 1948-1954	Succeeded by John R. Rosenblatt
United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Jackson B. Chase (R)	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nebraska's 2nd congressional district January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1971	Succeeded by John Y. McCollister (R)

Mayors of Omaha

Lowe Poppleton Armstrong¹ Belden Briggs Armstrong Kennedy¹ Gilmore Miller Brown Roberts E. Millard Caldwell J. Millard Brewer Gibson² Chase Wilbur Chase Boyd Chase Murphy² Boyd Broatch Cushing Bemis Broatch Bechel² Moores Zimman² Dahlman Smith Dahlman Hopkins² Metcalfe¹ Towl Butler Leeman G. Cunningham Rosenblatt Dworak Sorensen Leahy Zorinsky R. Cunningham¹ Veys Boyle Tomasek² Simon¹ Conley² Calinger¹ Morgan Anzaldo¹ Daub Fahey Suttle Stothert

¹ Interim mayor. ² Acting mayor.

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nebraska

1st district	A. Weaver McShane Connell Bryan Strode Burkett Pollard Maguire Reavis Thorpe Morehead Luckey Heinke Sweet Copeland Curtis P. Weaver Beermann Callan Denney Thone Bereuter Fortenberry

2nd district	Laird Laws McKeighan Mercer G. Hitchcock Kennedy G. Hitchcock Lobeck Jefferis Sears Baldrige Burke C. McLaughlin Buffett O'Sullivan Buffett Hruska Chase Cunningham McCollister Cavanaugh Daub Hoagland Christensen Terry Ashford Bacon (elect)

3rd district	Valentine Dorsey Kem Meiklejohn Maxwell Robinson McCarthy Boyd Latta Stephens Evans Howard Stefan Harrison Brock Beermann Martin V. Smith Barrett Osborne A. Smith

4th district	Hainer Stark Hinshaw Sloan M. McLaughlin Norton Sloan Norton Shallenberger Binderup Curtis Miller McGinley Martin

5th district	McKeighan Andrews Sutherland Shallenberger Norris Barton Shallenberger Andrews Shallenberger Johnson Shallenberger Carpenter Coffee

6th district	Kem Greene Neville Kinkaid Humphrey Simmons

At-large	Marquette Taffe Crounse Welch Majors Valentine

Territory	Giddings Chapman Ferguson Estabrook Daily P. Hitchcock

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 96806464 LCCN: no2009118603 NARA: 10600048 US Congress: C000991

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