Charles Manly
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Charles Manly was a lawyer who served as the 31st governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1849 to 1851. He was the last member of the Whig Party to hold the office. After one two-year term,
Charles Manly
David Settle Reid
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David Settle Reid was the 32nd governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1851 to 1854 and a U.S. senator from December 1854 to March 1859. His uncle and eventual father-in-law was Congressman
Charles Manly
…1849 to 1851. He was the last member of the Whig Party to hold the office. After one two-year term, Manly was defeated in the 1850 election by Democrat David S. Reid, whom Manly had defeated in 1848. He was the last sitting governor of North Carolina to lose re-election until Pat McCrory in 2016. He was the brother…
David Settle Reid
Governor Reid is seen in the foreground of this 1861 photo of the North Carolina State Capitol.