Thomas P. Gunning

Thomas Porter Gunning was an American dentist and politician.
Gunning was born near Neponset, Illinois; he received his degree in dentistry from the Chicago College of [Dental Surgery] in 1905. Gunning then practiced dentistry in Princeton, Illinois. Gunning served on the Princeton City Council and as mayor. He was a Republican. Gunning served in the Illinois Senate from 1931 until his death in 1943. Gunning died in a hospital in Princeton, Illinois from complications due to surgery.
In 1936 Illinois [gubernatorial election|1936], he unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for governor.