John Lawrence Manning

John Laurence Manning,^[1] (January 29, 1816 – October 24, 1889) was the 65th Governor of South Carolina from 1852 to 1854.

In 1838, John L. Manning married Susan Frances Hampton (1816–1845), daughter of General Wade Hampton I and his wife, Mary Cantey, and half-sister of Colonel Wade Hampton II, who though he alone inherited their father's considerable fortune, shared it equally with her and another sister. She died giving birth to their third child. In 1848 Manning married Sally Bland Clarke and had four children by her.^[2]

Manning, who served in the South Carolina State House of Representatives from 1842-46 and the South Carolina State Senate from 1846-52, was elected governor by the state General Assembly in December 1852 by secret ballot, as was custom in the antebellum period.^[3]

He turned down an offer by President James Buchanan to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Russia.^[4]

In 1860, Manning signed the South Carolina Ordinance of Secession. Following the war, he was elected to the U.S. Senate but was denied his seat, as were all senators and representatives from the 11 states of the former Confederacy.^[5]

John Manning and his wife, Susan, had Millford Plantation built in 1839 near Pinewood, South Carolina. It is now a National Historic Landmark.^[2]

He is interred in the churchyard at Trinity Episcopal Church in Columbia, South Carolina.

Honors

The town of Manning, South Carolina was named for him.^[6]

References

External links

• SCIway Biography of John Laurence Manning
• NGA Biography of John Laurence Manning

Political offices
Preceded by John Hugh Means	Governor of South Carolina 1852 – 1854	Succeeded by James Hopkins Adams