Francis Alanson Cunningham (November 9, 1804 – August 16, 1864) was a

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from

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for one term from 1845 to 1847.

Biography

Born in

Abbeville County, South Carolina Abbeville County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 24,295. Its county seat is Abbeville. It is the first county (or county equivalent) in the United States alphabetically. Abbev ...

, Cunningham moved to

Eaton, Ohio Eaton is a city in, and the county seat of Preble County, Ohio, United States, approximately 24 mi (38 km) west of Dayton. The population was 8,375 at the 2020 census, down 0.4% from the population of 8,407 at the 2010 census. Eaton's ...

, in 1826. He taught school. He studied medicine and commenced practice in 1829. He served as clerk of the court of Preble County in 1833. Cunningham was elected as a

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to the Twenty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1846 to the Thirtieth Congress. He studied law. He was

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in 1847 and began practice in Eaton. He was appointed additional paymaster of Volunteers by President Polk December 30, 1847. He was commissioned

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in the Regular Army March 2, 1849, and was retired from active service August 27, 1863.

Death

He died in

, August 16, 1864. He was interred in Mound Hill Cemetery.

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