Charles Manly Stedman (January 29, 1841 – September 23, 1930) was a politician and lawyer from

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Born in Pittsboro, North Carolina, Stedman moved to Fayetteville, North Carolina with his parents in 1853 where he attended Pittsboro and Donaldson Academies and graduated from the

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in 1861, where he was a member of the

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. During the

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he enlisted as a

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in the Fayetteville Independent Light Infantry Company; part of the

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1st North Carolina "Bethel Regiment. He later was promoted to major of the

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. Afterwards, Stedman returned to

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Stedman first got involved in politics as a delegate to the 1880 Democratic National Convention, which nominated

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and

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for

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and

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. He was elected the fifth

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in 1884, serving from 1885 to 1889, and unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic nomination for Governor of North Carolina in 1888. He moved to Asheville, North Carolina in 1891 and to

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in 1898, continuing to practice law. Stedman served as a trustee of the University of North Carolina from 1899 to 1915, was president of the North Carolina Bar Association from 1900 to 1901, was again an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of North Carolina in 1903-04, and was director and president of the North Carolina Railroad from 1909 to 1910. Stedman was elected a

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to the

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in 1910 and was reelected to the seat in 1912, 1914, 1916, 1918, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1926 and 1928, serving until his death in

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on September 23, 1930, the last veteran of the Civil War, either

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or Confederate Army, to serve in the

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. He was interred in

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in Fayetteville, North Carolina. A commemorative roadside sign was placed in Fayetteville in his honor. In 1923 Stedman introduced a bill in the Senate to create a Mammy memorial in Washington. The bill passed in the Senate, but following a large amount of protest, died in the House.

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