Glenn Cunningham (Nebraska)

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Glenn Clarence Cunningham (1912–2003) 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.

[edit] References

1. The Political Graveyard. Cunningham, Glenn Clarence. Retrieved on February 11, 2006.
2. Congressional Bioguide. Cunningham, Glenn Clarence. Retrieved on February 11, 2006.

• This article incorporates facts obtained from The Political Graveyard.

• Glenn Cunningham (Nebraska) at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Preceded by Charles W. Leeman	Mayor of Omaha 1948-1954	Succeeded by John R. Rosenblatt
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)