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'''Robert Jackson Munson, Sr.''' (December 9, 1912 &ndash; June 6, 1996),<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Munson&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1996&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GSsr=81&GRid=103190827&df=all&|title=Robert J. Munson|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=January 14, 2020}}</ref>​

'''Robert Jackson Munson, Sr.''' (December 9, 1912 &ndash; June 6, 1996),<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Munson&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1996&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GSsr=81&GRid=103190827&df=all&|title=Robert J. Munson|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=January 14, 2020}}</ref>​

was a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] from [[rural]] Cheneyville]] in south Rapides Parish, [[Louisiana]], who served  as a state representatives during the administrations of [[Governors]] [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]], [[Jimmie Davis]], [[John J. McKeithen]], and [[Edwin Edwards]].<ref name=house>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2020 (Rapides Parish)|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=January 14, 2020}}</ref>​

was a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] from [[rural]] Cheneyville in south Rapides Parish, [[Louisiana]], who served  as a state representatives during the administrations of [[Governor]]s [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]], [[Jimmie Davis]], [[John J. McKeithen]], and [[Edwin Edwards]].<ref name=house>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2020 (Rapides Parish)|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=January 14, 2020}}</ref>​

 

Munson was at the peak of his political power as chairman of the House Appropriations Committee early in the McKeithen administration.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/296682/|title=Article on House  Appropriations Committee|publisher=''Lake Charles American-Press''|date=June 22, 1964|page=17|accessdate=December 22, 2014}}</ref> In 1972, Munson was named "Conservationist of the Year" among the elected official category by the Louisiana Wildlife Federation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lawildlifefed.org/userfiles/file/Awd%20by%20Cat-cumulative.pdf|title=Louisiana Wildlife Federation Conservation Award Winners|publisher=lawildlifefed.org|accessdate=January 8, 2015}}</ref>​

Munson was at the peak of his political power as chairman of the House Appropriations Committee early in the McKeithen administration.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/296682/|title=Article on House  Appropriations Committee|publisher=''Lake Charles American-Press''|date=June 22, 1964|page=17|accessdate=December 22, 2014}}</ref> In 1972, Munson was named "Conservationist of the Year" among the elected official category by the Louisiana Wildlife Federation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lawildlifefed.org/userfiles/file/Awd%20by%20Cat-cumulative.pdf|title=Louisiana Wildlife Federation Conservation Award Winners|publisher=lawildlifefed.org|accessdate=January 8, 2015}}</ref>​

 

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 state House [[Speaker]].<ref name=house/>​

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 state House [[Speaker]].<ref name=house/>​

 

Munson and his wife, the former Kathryn Fluke, later Kathrym Dammon (born 1922), had three children, Pamela M. English (born 1945) and Robert Munson, Jr. (1950-2015), both of [[Baton Rouge]],

Munson and his wife, the former Kathryn Fluke, later Kathrym Dammon (born 1922), had three children, Pamela M. English (born 1945) and Robert Munson, Jr. (1950-2015), both of [[Baton Rouge]],

and Thomas Eugene "Tom" Munson (born 1951) of Cheneyville.  Munson, Jr., 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=robert-jackson-munson-jr-bob&pid=176917328|title=Robert Jackson "Bob" Munson, Jr.|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=January 14, 2020}}</ref> At the time of his death, Munson, Jr., was a registered [[Republican Party|Republican]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=2223277|title=Robert Munson, March 1950|publisher=[[Louisiana Secretary of State]]|accessdate=December 18, 2015}}</ref><ref>The [[Louisiana Secretary of State]]'s [[website]] includes only the names of living persons; one is omitted from the list upon death.</ref>​

and Thomas Eugene "Tom" Munson (born 1951) of Cheneyville.  Munson, Jr., 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=robert-jackson-munson-jr-bob&pid=176917328|title=Robert Jackson "Bob" Munson, Jr.|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=January 14, 2020}}</ref> At the time of his death, Munson, Jr., was a registered [[Republican Party|Republican]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=2223277|title=Robert Munson, March 1950|publisher=[[Louisiana Secretary of State]]|accessdate=December 18, 2015}}</ref><ref>The [[Louisiana Secretary of State]]'s [[website]] includes only the names of living persons; one is omitted from the list upon death.</ref>​

 

Munson, Sr., died in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] at the age of eighty-three. He is interred at Trinity Episcopal Cemetery in Cheneyville.<ref name=findagrave/>​

Munson, died in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] at the age of eighty-three. He is interred at Trinity Episcopal Cemetery in Cheneyville.<ref name=findagrave/>​

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