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Egan</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Walter Henry Rogers</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1892–1900</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Governor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Murphy_J._Foster,_Sr." class="mw-redirect" title="Murphy J. Foster, Sr.">Murphy J. Foster, Sr.</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Walter Henry Rogers</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Guion" title="Walter Guion">Walter Guion</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_State_Senate" title="Louisiana State Senate">Louisiana State Senator from Natchitoches and DeSoto parishes</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1880–1884</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Two-member delegation:<br /> <p>J. Fisher Smith<br /> </p> Edgar W. Sutherlin</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_House_of_Representatives" title="Louisiana House of Representatives">Louisiana State Representative</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1878–1880</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Three-member delegation:<br /> <p>L. G. Barron<br /> John G. Lewis<br /> </p> Henry Raby</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Two-member delegation:<br /> <p>James H. Cosgrove<br /> </p> R. E. Jackson</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1842-03-10</span>)</span>March 10, 1842<br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana"><img alt="Louisiana" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Flag_of_Louisiana.svg/23px-Flag_of_Louisiana.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Flag_of_Louisiana.svg/35px-Flag_of_Louisiana.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Flag_of_Louisiana.svg/46px-Flag_of_Louisiana.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="7040" data-file-height="4556" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/DeSoto_Parish,_Louisiana" title="DeSoto Parish, Louisiana">DeSoto Parish</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">USA</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">October 19, 1916<span style="display:none">(1916-10-19)</span> (aged 74)<br /><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a>, Louisiana</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cause of death</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Atherosclerosis" title="Atherosclerosis">Atherosclerosis</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label">American Cemetery in <a href="/wiki/Natchitoches,_Louisiana" title="Natchitoches, Louisiana">Natchitoches</a>, Louisiana</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">(1) Thalia Allen Tharp (married 1866-1872, her death)<br /> <p>(2) Anne Peyton (married 1874-1878, her death)<br /> (3) Cecile Hertzog (married 1880-1886, her death)<br /> </p> (4) Emma Mai Blouin (married 1895-1916, his death )</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/W._Peyton_Cunningham" title="W. Peyton Cunningham">W. Peyton Cunningham</a> (grandson)<br /> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mildred_Methvin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mildred Methvin (page does not exist)">Mildred Methvin</a> (great-great-granddaughter)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">Twelve children, including:<br /> <p><a href="/wiki/William_Tharp_Cunningham" title="William Tharp Cunningham">William Tharp Cunningham</a> </p> <a href="/wiki/Charles_Milton_Cunningham" title="Charles Milton Cunningham">Charles Milton Cunningham</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">John Hamilton and Ann Buie Cunningham</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lawyer" title="Lawyer">Attorney</a><br />Landowner</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Signature_of_Milton_Joseph_Cunningham.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Milton Joseph Cunningham's signature"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Signature_of_Milton_Joseph_Cunningham.png/128px-Signature_of_Milton_Joseph_Cunningham.png" decoding="async" width="128" height="33" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Signature_of_Milton_Joseph_Cunningham.png 1.5x" data-file-width="181" data-file-height="47" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Milton Joseph Cunningham,</b> also known as <b>Joe Cunningham</b> (March 10, 1842 – October 19, 1916) was a <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a> attorney and politician who served as <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of Louisiana">Attorney General of Louisiana</a> from 1884 to 1888, and from 1892 to 1900. </p><p>As Attorney General he submitted the legal brief to the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">Supreme Court</a> in the case <a href="/wiki/Plessy_v._Ferguson" title="Plessy v. Ferguson">Plessy v. Ferguson</a> arguing in favor of separate rail cars for people of different races.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cunningham served in the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_House_of_Representatives" title="Louisiana House of Representatives">Louisiana House of Representatives</a> from 1878 to 1880 and in the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_State_Senate" title="Louisiana State Senate">Louisiana State Senate</a> from 1880 to 1884.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1130092004">.mw-parser-output .portal-bar{font-size:88%;font-weight:bold;display:flex;justify-content:center;align-items:baseline}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-bordered{padding:0 2em;background-color:#fdfdfd;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;clear:both;margin:1em auto 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.cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1">"Milton Joseph Cunningham, Obituary". <i>Times Picayune</i>. October 20, 1916.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Times+Picayune&rft.atitle=Milton+Joseph+Cunningham%2C+Obituary&rft.date=1916-10-20&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMilton+Joseph+Cunningham" class="Z3988"></span>, cited in <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMimi_Methvin_McManus2003" class="citation web cs1">Mimi Methvin McManus (May 29, 2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141006092257/http://www.genealogy.com/users/m/e/t/Mildred-Methvin/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0108.html">"Milton Joseph Cunningham"</a>. genealogy.com. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.genealogy.com/users/m/e/t/Mildred-Methvin/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0108.html">the original</a> on October 6, 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 2,</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Milton+Joseph+Cunningham&rft.pub=genealogy.com&rft.date=2003-05-29&rft.au=Mimi+Methvin+McManus&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.genealogy.com%2Fusers%2Fm%2Fe%2Ft%2FMildred-Methvin%2FWEBSITE-0001%2FUHP-0108.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMilton+Joseph+Cunningham" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/Documents/SenateMembership1880ForwardRevisedMar2011.pdf">"Membership in the Louisiana Senate, 1880-Present"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. senate.la.gov<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 2,</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Membership+in+the+Louisiana+Senate%2C+1880-Present&rft.pub=senate.la.gov&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsenate.la.gov%2FDocuments%2FMembership%2FDocuments%2FSenateMembership1880ForwardRevisedMar2011.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMilton+Joseph+Cunningham" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #DDCEF2;">Legal offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">James C. Egan</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of Louisiana">Attorney General of Louisiana</a><br />Milton Joseph "Joe" Cunningham </b><br />1884 – 1888 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Walter Henry Rogers</div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Walter Henry Rogers</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of Louisiana">Attorney General of Louisiana</a><br />Milton Joseph "Joe" Cunningham </b><br />1892 – 1900 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Guion" title="Walter Guion">Walter Guion</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_State_Senate" title="Louisiana State Senate">Louisiana State Senate</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Missing</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_State_Legislature" title="Louisiana State Legislature">Louisiana State Senator from Natchitoches and DeSoto parishes</a><br />Milton Joseph "Joe" Cunningham </b><br />1880 – 1884 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold">J. Fisher Smith<br /> Edgar W. Sutherlin</div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_House_of_Representatives" title="Louisiana House of Representatives">Louisiana House of Representatives</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Three-member delegation:<br /> <p>L. G. Barron<br /> John G. Lewis<br /> </p> Henry Raby</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_House_of_Representatives" title="Louisiana House of Representatives">Louisiana State Representative from Natchitoches Parish</a><br />Milton Joseph "Joe" Cunningham </b><br />1878 – 1880 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Two-member delegation:<br /> <p>James H. Cosgrove<br /> </p> R. E. 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