resting_place succeeded death_date death_place children birth_place party nationality office preceded birth_date term_start residence spouse article_title term_end name
trinity episcopal cemetery in cheneyville in rapides parish wilbur dyer 6 june 1996 alexandria , rapides parish louisiana , usa robert munson , ii place of birth missing democrat american louisiana state representative for rapides parish at-large members : 9 december 1912 1956 cheneyville , louisiana kathryn fluke munson robert j. munson
 1973 robert jackson munson , jr. .
robert j. munson

robert jackson munson , jr. -lrb- december 9 , 1912 -- june 6 , 1996 -rrb- , 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 .
munson was at the peak of his political power as chairman of the house appropriations committee early in the mckeithen administration .
in 1972 , munson was named `` conservationist of the year '' among the elected official category by the louisiana wildlife federation .
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 .
munson and his wife , the former kathryn fluke , had a son , robert munson , ii , of baton rouge , who was born in cheneyville in 1950 .
munson died in alexandria at the age of eighty-three .
he is interred at trinity episcopal cemetery in cheneyville .
