Oliver Fleming Cunningham

Full Name: Oliver Fleming Cunningham
Date of birth: April 1, 1899
Date of death: July 10, 1968

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	24	Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 10, 1933	42nd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ 41st ⁽³⁾ 42nd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Abilene / Taylor	Senate President Pro Tempore (42nd)	Callahan, Eastland, Fisher, Haskell, Jones, Mitchell, Nolan, Scurry, Shackelford, Stephens, Taylor, Throckmorton

(1) 42nd Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, 4th C.S., elected 11/3/1932. Senate Journal.
(2) 42nd Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/13/1931, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(3) 41st Legislature - Certificate of New Senators, oath of office administered, 1/8/1929, p. 1. Senate Journal.

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Senate District 24
Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 10, 1933
Legislatures: 42nd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ 41st ⁽³⁾ 42nd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾
Senate President Pro Tempore (42nd)
(42nd)
(42nd)
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Abilene / Taylor
Counties in district: Callahan, Eastland, Fisher, Haskell, Jones, Mitchell, Nolan, Scurry, Shackelford, Stephens, Taylor, Throckmorton

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Biographical Sketches

Obituary and photo, "Oliver [Fleming] Cunningham, Ex-Senator, Dies," Thursday morning edition, 7/11/1968, pp. 1-A and 6-A. "Funeral Friday for Ex-Senator, Thursday evening edition, 7/11/1968, p. 7-A. Abilene Reporter-News.
Obituary, "J.F. Cunningham Dies at Abilene," 12/15/1933, p. 8. Survivors include son "Oliver Cunningham, former State Senator of Abilene." Relatives: James Franklin Cunningham - father; Oliver Cunningham - son. Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 1/27/1929, p. 5. Houston Post-Dispatch.

Military Service Notes

United States Marine Corps. Oliver Fleming Cunningham, birth date 4/1/1899 in Abilene, enlisted 7/18/1918 at Fort Worth. FamilySearch Texas World War I Records, 1917-1920 (Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin).
United States Marine Corps, Private. Oliver Fleming Cunningham, residence in Abilene; birth date 4/1/1899; first enlistment date 7/18/1918, discharge date unknown; second enlistment date 4/18/1942, second discharge date 3/12/1946; death date 7/10/1968. FamilySearch United States Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940, 1985.
United States Marine Corps, Staff Sergeant, World War I and II. Military grave marker, Oliver F. Cunningham, birth date 4/1/1899, death date 7/10/1968, burial in Abilene Municipal Cemetery, Abilene, Taylor County. Includes obituary from Abilene Reporter News, 7/11/1968. Find a Grave.

Other Resources

Oliver Fleming Cunningham, birth date 4/1/1899 in Abilene; death date 7/10/1968 in Haskell, Haskell County; attorney; served in World War I and World War II. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.

Photographs

Photograph. Oliver C. Cunningham, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Oliver F. Cunningham, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

41st session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, east wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board.
42nd session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, east wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

42nd R.S. - 1931 Agricultural Affairs (Chair) Civil Jurisprudence Internal Improvements Judicial Districts Military Affairs Privileges and Elections Public Lands and Land Office Public Printing (Vice Chair) Senatorial Districts Stock and Stock Raising
41st R.S. - 1929 Agricultural Affairs (Chair) Civil Jurisprudence Criminal Jurisprudence Educational Affairs Internal Improvements (Vice Chair) Public Lands and Land Office Public Printing Senatorial Districts

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