Representative Glenn Clarence Cunningham

Glenn Clarence Cunningham served as a Representative from Nebraska in the United States Congress from 1957 to 1971. A member of the Republican Party, Glenn Clarence Cunningham contributed to the legislative process during 7 terms in office.

Glenn Clarence Cunningham’s service in Congress occurred during a significant period in American history. As a member of the House of Representatives, Glenn Clarence Cunningham participated in the democratic process and represented the interests of constituents.

Glenn Clarence Cunningham (September 10, 1912 – December 18, 2003) was an American Republican politician. 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, 1960, 1964, and 1968, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, but did not vote on the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. 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.