SC Governors – John Lawrence Manning, 1852-1854

Biographical Overview

• Alternate spelling: John Laurence Manning
  
• Born: January 29, 1816 at Hickory Hill Plantation in Clarendon County, SC
  
• Died: October 1889 in Camden, South Carolina
  
• Buried: Trinity Episcopal churchyard in Columbia, SC
  
• Religion: Episcopalian
  
• Political Party: Democrat
  

Education

• Princeton University
• South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina) - graduated 1836
  

Occupations

• Planter
• Colonel, Confederate States Army

Major Events and Accomplishments, 1852–1854

• 1854 – The Missouri Compromise repealed the Kansas-Nebraska Act
  

Other Government Positions

• South Carolina House of Representatives, 1842-1846
  
• South Carolina Senate, 1846-1852
  

Other Accomplishments, Honors, Distinctions

• Manning declined an offer by President James Buchanan to become US Minister to Russia
  
• 1860 – Manning signed the Ordinance of Secession
  
• 1865 – Manning was elected to the US Senate in 1865 but was denied his seat
  
• Milford Plantation was built by Manning
  

Election Results

• On December 9, 1852, the South Carolina General Assembly elected Manning for governor by secret ballot
  

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