Charles Manly

Charles Manly (* May 13, 1795 in Chatham County, North Carolina; † May 1, 1871 in Raleigh, North Carolina ) was an American politician and Governor of North Carolina 31.

Life

Manly visited the Pittsboro Academy and then the University of North Carolina, which he successfully completed in 1814. He then studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1816. In 1823, Manly was one of a commission in Washington, DC Detailed issues discussed, which resulted from the 1814 Treaty of Ghent closed. From 1831 to 1841 and again from 1844 to 1847 he was employed in the administration of the House of Representatives in North Carolina. Between 1821 and 1868 he was a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina. In this committee, he was responsible for the finances.

Policy

In 1848 he was nominated by the Whig party for the top candidate of the upcoming gubernatorial election and subsequently elected at the regular election to Democrat David Settle Reid. His two-year term began on January 1, 1849 and ended on 1 January 1851. Trying to re-election in 1850 failed. This time he was defeated by Reid. During his tenure the country's infrastructure was funded and a geological survey commissioned to explore the natural resources of the country.

After being voted out in 1850, he retired from politics. He took his law career again and went back to the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina. Before the Civil War, he entered for the whereabouts of North Carolina in the Union. But when the war broke out, and North Carolina had joined the South, he supported the cause of the Confederacy.

Manly died in May, 1871. He was married to Charity Haywood, with whom he had eleven children.