Richard Irvine Manning I (May 1, 1789May 1, 1836) was the
50th Governor
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of
South Carolina
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, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
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from 1824 to 1826 and was later a
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in the
United States Congress
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.
Early life and career
Manning was born in the
Sumter District and he received his education at the local private schools. In 1811, he graduated from
South Carolina College where he was a member of the
Clariosophic Society
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. He served as a
captain
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in the South Carolina militia during the
War of 1812
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. After the war, he engaged in planting on Hickory Hill Plantation in
Sumter County. It was there that his son and a future
Governor of South Carolina
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,
John Lawrence Manning
John Lawrence Manning (sometimes spelled John Laurence Manning) (January 29, 1816October 24, 1889) was the 65th Governor of South Carolina, from 1852 to 1854. He was born in Clarendon County. He attended South Carolina College, where he was a m ...
, was born in 1816.
Political career
In 1820, Manning was elected to the
South Carolina House of Representatives
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and served for one term. He successfully sought election to the
South Carolina Senate
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and two years later in 1824, the
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elected him as Governor of South Carolina. During his two-year term as governor, Manning advocated the reform of the Negro Laws by pushing for an end of
execution by burning
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and to have capital cases tried by jury at a courthouse.
Upon leaving office in 1826, Manning remained active in politics and participated in the Union Party in opposition to the
Nullifier Party
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. He made an unsuccessful run for Congress in 1826 and was also unsuccessful in his bid for another term as governor in 1830. However, Manning won a special election in 1834 as a
Jacksonian to fill the seat of the
8th congressional district caused by the death of
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. He was re-elected in 1834, but he died in
Philadelphia
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on May 1, 1836 (his 47th birthday) prior to the completion of the term. Manning was interred at the
Trinity Episcopal churchyard in
Columbia.
See also
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References
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External links
SCIway Biography of Richard Irvine Manning INGA Biography of Richard Irvine Manning IUnited States Congress Biography of Richard Irvine Manning I*
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1789 births
1836 deaths
University of South Carolina alumni
Members of the South Carolina House of Representatives
South Carolina state senators
Governors of South Carolina
University of South Carolina trustees
South Carolina Democratic-Republicans
Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina
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19th-century American politicians