Glenn Cunningham (Nebraska politician)
American politician
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Glenn Clarence Cunningham (September 10, 1912 – December 18, 2003) was an American Republican politician.
Glenn Cunningham | |
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| 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 | Glenn Clarence Cunningham September 10, 1912 Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Died | December 18, 2003 (aged 91) Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
| Alma mater | University of Nebraska Omaha |
He was born in Omaha, Nebraska on September 10, 1912 and graduated from the University of Nebraska 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. Cunningham voted in favor of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957,[1] 1960,[2] 1964,[3] and 1968,[4] and the Voting Rights Act of 1965,[5] but did not vote on the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.[6] In 1970, he was the sole member of the House of Representatives to vote against the Clean Air Act amendments, which passed 374–1.[7] 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.
