Milton Joseph Cunningham
| Milton Joseph "Joe" Cunningham |
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| Attorney General of Louisiana | |
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In office 1884–1888 |
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| Governor | Samuel Douglas McEnery |
| Preceded by | James C. Egan |
| Succeeded by | Walter Henry Rogers |
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In office 1892–1900 |
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| Governor | Murphy J. Foster, Sr. |
| Preceded by | Walter Henry Rogers |
| Succeeded by | Walter Guion |
| Louisiana State Senator from Natchitoches and DeSoto parishes | |
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In office 1880–1884 |
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| Succeeded by |
Two-member delegation: |
| Louisiana State Representative | |
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In office 1878–1880 |
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| Preceded by |
Three-member delegation: |
| Succeeded by |
Two-member delegation: |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 10, 1842 DeSoto ParishLouisiana, USA |
| Died | October 19, 1916 (aged 74) New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Cause of death | Atherosclerosis |
| Resting place | American Cemetery in , Louisiana |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) |
(1) Thalia Allen Tharp (married 1866-1872, her death) |
| Relations |
W. Peyton Cunningham (grandson) |
| Children |
Twelve children, including: |
| Parents | John Hamilton and Ann Buie Cunningham |
| Occupation |
Attorney Landowner |
Two-member delegation:
J. Fisher Smith
Three-member delegation:
L. G. Barron
John G. Lewis
Two-member delegation:
James H. Cosgrove
(1) Thalia Allen Tharp (married 1866-1872, her death)
(2) Anne Peyton (married 1874-1878, her death)
(3) Cecile Hertzog (married 1880-1886, her death)
W. Peyton Cunningham (grandson)
Twelve children, including:
William Tharp Cunningham
Milton Joseph Cunningham, usually known as Joe Cunningham (March 10, 1842 – October 19, 1916), was an attorney in and New Orleans, Louisiana, who served three nonconsecutive terms from 1884 to 1888 and again from 1892 to 1900 as the Attorney General of Louisiana.
From 1880 to 1884, Cunningham, a Democrat, was a member of the Louisiana State Senate from both and his native DeSoto Parish in northwestern Louisiana. From 1878 to 1880, Cunningham was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives. A son from his first marriage, William Tharp Cunningham, and a grandson, W. Peyton Cunningham, both Natchitoches lawyers, also served in the state House of Representatives, from 1908 to 1912 and from 1932 to 1940, respectively.
Born in DeSoto Parish, Cunningham was the son of John Hamilton Cunningham (1812-1886), a native of South Carolina, and the former Ann Buie (1814-1850), originally from Mississippi. He was the fourth of John Cunningham's twelve children by three wives. John Cunningham was a man of many occupations: a physician, merchant, planter, lawyer, and Christian minister, possibly Baptist. The family moved in the 1840s to Homer in Claiborne Parish, where John practiced medicine, and the children attended school. In his later years, John Cunningham was briefly a newspaperman, the editor of the Robeline Reporter, a weekly paper published in the 1880s in rural Robeline in western Natchitoches Parish.
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