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
David Settle Reid
Governor Reid is seen in the foreground of this 1861 photo of the North Carolina State Capitol.
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,
David Settle Reid
…domination of the state, but the Whigs denounced suffrage reform as "a system of communism unjust and Jacobinical." To everyone's surprise, Reid lost to Charles Manly by only 854 votes. In 1850, Reid defeated Manly by 2,853 votes, becoming the first elected Democratic governor of North Carolina. He was reelected…
Charles Manly