John Manning Junior

John Manning

John Manning Jr. (born July 30, 1830 in Edenton , Chowan County , North Carolina , †  February 12, 1899 in Chapel Hill , North Carolina) was an American politician . In 1870 and 1871 he represented the state of North Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Manning first attended the Edenton Academy and then the Norfolk Military Academy . This was followed by studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill until 1850 . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1853, he began to work in this profession in Pittsboro . Politically, Manning joined the Democratic Party . In 1861 he was a member of an assembly to revise the Constitution of North Carolina, which also resolved the withdrawal of the state from the Union. During the Civil War , he was an officer in a North Carolina volunteer unit that was part of the Confederate Army .

After the resignation of MP John T. Deweese , Manning was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , at the by-election due for the fourth seat of North Carolina , where he took up his new mandate on December 7, 1870. Since he was no longer running in the regular elections of 1870 , he could only end the current legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1871 . In 1875 Manning attended another meeting to revise the state constitution. In 1881 he was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives. In the same year he was entrusted with the revision of the state laws. He also taught law at the University of North Carolina. Between 1881 and 1899 he was also the curator of this university. John Manning died in Chapel Hill on February 12, 1899.

Web links

• John Manning junior in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John Manning Jr. in the database of Find a Grave (English)