Charles Milton Cunningham
| Charles Milton Cunningham | |
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Cunningham as a young man
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| Louisiana State Senator for Natchitoches Parish |
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In office 1915–1922 |
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| Preceded by | Leopold Caspari |
| Succeeded by | J. Isaac Friedman |
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| Born |
April 2, 1877 New OrleansLouisiana, USA |
| Died | May 17, 1936 (aged 59) , , Louisiana |
| Resting place | Catholic Cemetery in Natchitoches |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Alicia Evelena Payne Cunningham (married 1898-1936, his death) |
| Relations |
William Tharp Cunningham (brother) |
| Children |
Charles Milton Cunningham, Jr. |
| Parents | Milton Joseph Cunningham |
| Alma mater | Northwestern State University |
| Occupation | Publisher of The Natchitoches Times (1903-1930) |
William Tharp Cunningham (brother)
John William Payne (brother-in-law)
Charles Milton Cunningham, Jr.
John Hamilton Cunningham
W. Peyton Cunningham
Charles Murray Cunningham
Joseph Blanchard Cunningham
Mary Cunningham Miller
Charles Milton Cunningham (April 2, 1877 – May 17, 1936) was an attorney and newspaper publisher from in northwestern Louisiana, who served as a Democrat from 1915 to 1922 in the Louisiana State Senate.
His second son, W. Peyton Cunningham, also a Natchitoches lawyer, served from 1932 to 1940 in the Louisiana House of Representatives, alongside Leon Friedman of Natchez in southern .
Born in New Orleans to a prominent family, Cunningham was the son of Milton Joseph Cunningham and Cunningham's second wife, the former Anne Peyton (1852-1878). His mother died of tetanus when he was ten months old and is interred in New Orleans. He was thereafter reared in Natchitoches, where he graduated from what is now Northwestern State University. He became a highly regarded educator but left the field to study law. Admitted to the bar, he ran for a district judgeship at the age of twenty-nine but was narrowly defeated. He then served on the Natchitoches Parish Police Jury, the parish governing body now known as the Natchitoches Parish Commission. In 1903, he founded The Natchitoches Times, which he edited until 1930.
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