Edward Stanly

Edward Stanly

Edward Stanly (born January 10, 1810 in New Bern , North Carolina , †  July 12, 1872 in San Francisco , California ) was an American politician . Between 1837 and 1853 he represented the state of North Carolina twice in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Edward Stanly was the son of Congressman John Stanly (1774-1834) and a cousin of US Senator and Secretary of the Navy George Edmund Badger (1795-1866). He attended the New Bern Academy and then studied until 1829 at the American Literary, Scientific and Military Academy of Norwich University in Vermont . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1832, he began to work in his new profession in Washington (North Carolina). At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Whig Party .

In the congressional elections of 1836 Stanly was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of North Carolina , where he succeeded Ebenezer Pettigrew on March 4, 1837 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1843 . From 1839 to 1841 he was chairman of the committee to control expenditure on public buildings. Between 1841 and 1843 he headed the military committee. In Congress he was seen as a supporter of a strong federal government and was thus in opposition to many politicians from the south who campaigned for the rights of the individual states vis-à-vis the federal government.

Edward Stanly was not re-elected in 1842, partly due to an unfavorable reorganization of the constituencies in his state. Between 1844 and 1849 he was a member of the House of Representatives of North Carolina on several occasions , as its speaker he served from 1844 to 1846. In 1847 he was briefly Attorney General of his state. In the elections of 1848 Stanly in the eighth district of North Carolina was re-elected to Congress, where he replaced Richard Spaight Donnell on March 4, 1849 . After re-election, he was able to spend two more legislative terms in the US House of Representatives until March 3, 1853.

After leaving Congress, Edward Stanly moved to California in 1853. There he became a member of the Republican Party founded in 1854 . In 1857 he ran unsuccessfully for governor of California. When the civil war broke out , he returned to the east, where he supported the Union. On May 26, 1862, he was appointed military governor for the Union-controlled parts of North Carolina by President Abraham Lincoln . He held the rank of brigadier general. Stanly served until March 2, 1863; then he resigned because of a disagreement with the President over the issue of the liberation of slaves. He then moved back to California, where he practiced as a lawyer. Edward Stanly died in San Francisco on July 12, 1872.

Web links

• Edward Stanly in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Edward Stanly in the database of Find a Grave (English)