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Richard Irvine Manning III (August 15, 1859 – September 11, 1931) was an American politician from the
U.S. state In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sove ...
of
South Carolina )'' Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no) , anthem = "Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind" , Former = Province of South Carolina , seat = Columbia , LargestCity = Charleston , LargestMetro = G ...
. He served as a state legislator and as the 92nd governor of South Carolina.


Biography

Richard Irvine Manning III was born in
Sumter County, South Carolina Sumter County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 105,556. In a 2018 census estimate, the population was 106,512. Its county seat is Sumter. Sumter County comprises the Sumter, ...
on August 15, 1859 to Richard Irvine Manning II. His grandfather,
Richard Irvine Manning I Richard Irvine Manning I (May 1, 1789May 1, 1836) was the 50th Governor of South Carolina from 1824 to 1826 and was later a Representative in the United States Congress. Early life and career Manning was born in the Sumter District and he rec ...
, had served as governor of the state from 1824 to 1826. He attended the
University of Virginia The University of Virginia (UVA) is a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the university is ranked among the top academic institutions in the United States, with College admission ...
from 1877 to 1879. Manning's political career started during the era of
Ben Tillman Benjamin Ryan Tillman (August 11, 1847 – July 3, 1918) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as governor of South Carolina from 1890 to 1894, and as a United States Senator from 1895 until his death in 1918. A white ...
, and Manning served in the
South Carolina House of Representatives The South Carolina House of Representatives is the lower house of the South Carolina General Assembly. It consists of 124 representatives elected to two-year terms at the same time as U.S. congressional elections. Unlike many legislatures, seati ...
from 1892 to 1896 before moving up to the
South Carolina Senate The South Carolina Senate is the upper house of the South Carolina General Assembly, the lower house being the South Carolina House of Representatives. It consists of 46 senators elected from single member districts for four-year terms at the sa ...
from 1898 to 1906. When he was elected to the governorship in 1914, Manning brought many
Progressive Era The Progressive Era (late 1890s – late 1910s) was a period of widespread social activism and political reform across the United States focused on defeating corruption, monopoly, waste and inefficiency. The main themes ended during Am ...
reforms to a state that had spent four years under the
demagogic A demagogue (from Greek , a popular leader, a leader of a mob, from , people, populace, the commons + leading, leader) or rabble-rouser is a political leader in a democracy who gains popularity by arousing the common people against elites, ...
leadership of
Coleman Livingston Blease Coleman Livingston Blease (October 8, 1868 – January 19, 1942) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as the 89th governor of South Carolina from 1911 to 1915, and as a United States senator from 1925 to 1931. Blease was ...
. During his first term in office, South Carolina prohibited alcohol, established the state's first compulsory education law, and raised the minimum age for employment to 14. South Carolinians expressed their approval of these measures by re-electing Manning to a second term in 1916.


Death

He died on September 11, 1931 at his home in
Columbia, South Carolina Columbia is the capital of the U.S. state of South Carolina. With a population of 136,632 at the 2020 census, it is the second-largest city in South Carolina. The city serves as the county seat of Richland County, and a portion of the ci ...
. He had been ill for three months. He is interred in the churchyard at Trinity Episcopal Church in Columbia, South Carolina.


Family

On February 10, 1881, at Richmond, Virginia, Manning married Lelia Bernard Meredith, the daughter of a judge. Six of their sons served in the
First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fig ...
, with one of them, Major William Sinkler Manning (January 28, 1886 – November 5, 1918) dying in action.


External links

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Further reading

Robert Milton Burts (1974). ''Richard Irvine Manning and the Progressive Movement in South Carolina''. University of South Carolina Press.


References

1859 births 1931 deaths 19th-century American politicians 20th-century American politicians University of Virginia alumni Democratic Party governors of South Carolina University of South Carolina trustees Clemson University trustees People from Sumter County, South Carolina {{SouthCarolina-politician-stub