Oliver Fleming Cunningham
Full Name: Oliver Fleming CunninghamDate of birth: April 1, 1899
Date of death: July 10, 1968
Terms of Service
| 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) | Democrat | Abilene / Taylor | Senate President Pro Tempore (42nd) | Callahan, Eastland, Fisher, Haskell, Jones, Mitchell, Nolan, Scurry, Shackelford, Stephens, Taylor, Throckmorton |
Terms of service footnotes
(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. ↩
Terms of Service
- Legislatures:
- 42nd (1) (2) 41st (3)
- Leadership role:
-
Senate President Pro Tempore (42nd)
(41st)
- Party:
- Democrat
- Home City/County:
- Abilene / Taylor
- Counties in district:
- Callahan, Eastland, Fisher, Haskell, Jones, Mitchell, Nolan, Scurry, Shackelford, Stephens, Taylor, Throckmorton
Terms of service notes
(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. ↩
Biographical Information
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Photograph. Oliver C. Cunningham, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. Oliver F. Cunningham, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board
- 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.
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