Charles Milton Cunningham | |
Office: | Louisiana State Senator for Natchitoches Parish |
Term Start: | 1915 |
Term End: | 1922 |
Preceded: | Leopold Caspari |
Succeeded: | J. Isaac Friedman |
Birth Date: | 2 April 1877 |
Birth Place: | New Orleans Louisiana, USA |
Death Place: | Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana |
Resting Place: | Catholic Cemetery in Natchitoches |
Spouse: | Alicia Evelena Payne Cunningham (married 1898-1936, his death) |
Children: | Charles Milton Cunningham, Jr. John Hamilton Cunningham W. Peyton Cunningham Charles Murray Cunningham Joseph Blanchard Cunningham Mary Cunningham Miller Sister Elisabeth Cunningham |
Parents: | Milton Joseph Cunningham |
Relations: | William Tharp Cunningham (brother) John William Payne (brother-in-law) Mildred Methvin (great-granddaughter) |
Party: | Democrat |
Alma Mater: | Northwestern State University |
Occupation: | Educator, then Attorney Publisher of The Natchitoches Times (1903-1930) |
Charles Milton Cunningham (April 2, 1877 - May 17, 1936) was a Louisiana attorney and newspaper publisher who served as a Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate from 1915 to 1922.[1] Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Cunningham received his undergraduate degree from Northwestern State University, taught briefly, and established The Natchitoches Times newspaper in 1903. He studied law, and was an unsuccessful candidate for a district judgeship in 1906.