Edward C. Mann

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Edward Coke Mann (born November 21, 1880) is a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.

Born in Lowndesville, South Carolina, Mann attended the common schools and was graduated from The Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina, in 1901. He taught school one year and was connected with a tobacco company for four years. He was graduated from the law department of the University of South Carolina at Columbia in 1906 and commenced practice in St. Matthews, Calhoun County, South Carolina. He served as solicitor of the first circuit of South Carolina 1916-1919.

Mann was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Asbury Francis Lever and served from October 7, 1919, to March 3, 1921. He was an unsuccessful for renomination in 1920. Practiced law in Orangeburg, South Carolina. He was appointed master in equity for Orangeburg County in November 1923. Reappointed in November 1927 and served until his death. He was accidentally killed November 11, 1931, near Rowesville, South Carolina, while on a hunting trip. He was interred in Sunnyside Cemetery, Orangeburg, South Carolina.

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