Charles Manly

31st Governor of North Carolina
Charles Manly

In office 1849 – 1851
Preceded by	William Alexander Graham
Succeeded by	David Settle Reid

Born	May 13, 1795
Died	May 1, 1871
Political party	Whig
Profession	Lawyer

Charles Manly (13 May 1795 - 1 May 1871) was the Whig 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 brother of Matthias Evans Manly. He was also an ancestor of Alexander Manly, the African-American editor of the Wilmington Daily Record.

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Preceded by William Alexander Graham	Governor of North Carolina 1849-1851	Succeeded by David Settle Reid

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