Richard Irvine Manning, III

62nd Governor of the State of South Carolina 1915 to 1919

Date Born: August 15, 1859

Date Died: September 11, 1931

Place Born: Sumter District, SC

Place Buried: Trinity Episcopal Churchyard in Columbia, SC

Residence: Clarendon County, SC

Occupation: Banker, Businessman


University of Virginia - 1877-1879

South Carolina House of Representatives, 1892-1896

South Carolina Senate, 1898-1906

On November 3, 1914, Manning was elected governor without opposition, receiving 34,600 votes

On November 7, 1916, Governor Manning was reelected without opposition, receiving 60,396 votes

Richard Irvine Manning III was the grandson of Richard Irvine Manning, governor of South Carolina from 1824-1826

Gilman Plantation was Manning's home


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