Charles Manly

Charles Manly (May 13, 1795  May 1, 1871) was the 31st Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1849 to 1851, and the last member of his party to hold the office. After one two-year term, Manly was defeated in the 1850 election by 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.

Charles Manly
31st Governor of North Carolina
In office
January 1, 1849  January 1, 1851
Preceded byWilliam Alexander Graham
Succeeded byDavid Settle Reid
Personal details
Born(1795-05-13)May 13, 1795
Chatham County, North Carolina
DiedMay 1, 1871(1871-05-01) (aged 75)
Raleigh, North Carolina
NationalityAmerican
Political partyWhig
Alma materUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
ProfessionLawyer

He was the brother of Matthias Evans Manly. He was also an ancestor of Alexander Manly, the African-American editor of the Wilmington Daily Record. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Party political offices
Preceded by
William Alexander Graham
Whig nominee for Governor of North Carolina
1848, 1850
Succeeded by
John Kerr Jr.
Political offices
Preceded by
William Alexander Graham
Governor of North Carolina
1849–1851
Succeeded by
David Settle Reid


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