Lawrence E. Cunningham

{{short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{infobox officeholder | image = Lawrence E. Cunningham (1852–1924).png | image_size = | name = Lawrence Cunningham | state = Wisconsin | state_senate1 = Wisconsin | district1 = [[Wisconsin Senate, District 22|22nd]] | term_start1 = January 1912 | term_end1 = January 1921 | predecessor1 = [[John Meek Whitehead]] | successor1 = [[Eldo T. Ridgway]] | office = Mayor of Beloit | birth_name = Lawrence E. Cunningham | birth_date = {{birth date|1852|3|1}} | birth_place = [[Beloit, Wisconsin]], U.S. | death_date = July 4, 1924 | death_place = Beloit, Wisconsin, U.S. | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | website = [https://dwd.wisconsin.gov/dwd/leadership.htm Official bio] }}

'''Lawrence E. Cunningham''' (March 1, 1852 – July 4, 1924) was a member of the [[Wisconsin State Senate]].

==Biography== Born in [[Beloit, Wisconsin]],<ref>{{cite book|title=The Wisconsin Blue Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0MBWAAAAYAAJ&q=Lawrence+E.+Cunningham%2BWisconsin&pg=PA512|location=Madison|year=1917|pages=512|access-date=2015-09-30}}</ref> Cunningham was elected to the Senate from the [[Wisconsin Senate, District 22|22nd District]] in 1912 and reelected in 1916, serving until January 1921. Additionally, he served four terms as Mayor of Beloit. Cunningham was a [[Republican Party of Wisconsin|Republican]].

Cunningham died at his home in Beloit on July 4, 1924,{{Efn|Some sources give a death date of July 5.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-l-e-cunningham-former/185295385/ |title=L. E. Cunningham, Former Wisconsin Legislator, Dies |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |place=Beloit, Wisconsin |page=10 |date=1924-07-05 |publication-date=1924-07-06 |access-date=2025-11-19 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>}} and was buried at Calvary Cemetery.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-beloit-independent-l-e-cunningham/185295069/ |title=L. E. Cunningham Passes Away at Beloit Home |newspaper=The Beloit Independent |page=1 |date=1924-07-11 |access-date=2025-11-19 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>"Death Robs South Wisconsin In '24", ''Janesville Daily Gazette'' (January 25, 1925), p. 9.</ref>

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