Thomas Cunningham (Wisconsin politician)
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Thomas Jefferson Cunningham (March 17, 1852April 28, 1941) was an
American newspaper publisher, historian, and politician. He was the 14th
Secretary of State of Wisconsin, and served three years as mayor of
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. He was a prominent member of the
Democratic Party of Wisconsin and was a delegate to every
Democratic National Convention from 1880 and 1940. In his role as Secretary of State, he was the namesake for a set of Wisconsin Supreme Court decisions, known as the "Cunningham cases", which set legal standards in the state for
redistricting.
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