Robert J. Munson

Robert Jackson Munson, Sr.
Louisiana State Representative
for Rapides Parish
In office
1956–1973
Preceded by

At-large members:
Cecil R. Blair
Lloyd George Teekell

H. N. Goff
Succeeded by Wilbur Dyer
Personal details
Born (1912-12-09)December 9, 1912
Place of birth missing
Died June 6, 1996(1996-06-06) (aged 83)
Alexandria, Rapides Parish
Louisiana, USA
Resting place Trinity Episcopal Cemetery in Cheneyville in Rapides Parish
Nationality American
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Kathryn "Kitty" Fluke Munson Dammon
Children

Pamela Munson English
Robert Munson, Jr. (deceased)

Thomas Eugene "Tom" Munson
Residence Cheneyville, Louisiana

Robert Jackson Munson, Sr. (December 9, 1912 June 6, 1996),[1] was a Democrat from Cheneyville, Louisiana, who served from 1956 to 1973 in the Louisiana House of Representatives during the administrations of Governors Earl Kemp Long, Jimmie Davis, John McKeithen, and Edwin Edwards.[2]

Munson was at the peak of his political power as chairman of the House Appropriations Committee early in the McKeithen administration.[3] In 1972, Munson was named "Conservationist of the Year" among the elected official category by the Louisiana Wildlife Federation.[4]

Munson suddenly resigned from office in September 1973. Through a special election, Wilbur Dyer, another Cheneyville Democrat, won the right in 1974 to succeed Munson. Dyer filled the seat until 1980, when Charles W. DeWitt, Jr. of south Rapides Parish was elected to the post. DeWitt was years later the House Speaker.[2]

Munson and his wife, the former Kathryn Fluke, later Kathrym Dammon (born 1922), had three children, Pamela M. English (born 1943) and Robert Munson, Jr. (March 12, 1950 December 16, 2015), both of Baton Rouge, and Thomas Eugene "Tom" Munson (born 1951) of Cheneyville. The junior Munson was born in Cheneyville and reared there on the family's Witchwood Plantation. He was a state and national political consultant, often called "the nicest man in politics." He was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Baton Rouge, an affiliate of the Evangelical Presbyterian denomination founded in 1981, and a board member of Trinity Episcopal Day School.[5] At the time of his death, Munson, Jr., was a registered Republican.[6][7]

Munson, Sr., died in Alexandria at the age of eighty-three. He is interred at Trinity Episcopal Cemetery in Cheneyville.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Robert J. Munson". findagrave.com. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2016: Rapides Parish" (PDF). house.Louisiana.gov. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
  3. "Article on House Appropriations Committee". Lake Charles American-Press. June 22, 1964. p. 17. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  4. "Louisiana Wildlife Federation Conservation Award Winners" (PDF). lawildlifefed.org. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
  5. "Robert Jackson "Bob" Munson, Jr.". The Baton Rouge Advocate. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
  6. "Robert Munson, March 1950". Louisiana Secretary of State. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
  7. The Louisiana Secretary of State's website includes only the names of living persons; one is omitted from the list upon death.
Preceded by
At-large members:

Cecil R. Blair
Lloyd George Teekell
H. N. Goff

Louisiana State Representative for Rapides Parish

Robert Jackson Munson, Sr.
19561973

Succeeded by
Wilbur Dyer


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