Manuel S. Corley

Manuel Simeon Corley
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from South Carolina's 3rd district
In office
July 25, 1868  March 3, 1869
Preceded by Laurence M. Keitt (1860)
Succeeded by Solomon L. Hoge
Personal details
Born February 10, 1823
Lexington County, South Carolina
Died November 20, 1902 (aged 79)
Lexington, South Carolina
Resting place Lexington, South Carolina
Political party Republican
Profession politician, editor
Religion Lutheran
Military service
Allegiance Confederate States of America Confederate States of America
Service/branch Confederate States Army
Years of service 18631865
Battles/wars American Civil War

Manuel Simeon Corley (February 10, 1823 – November 20, 1902) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.

Biography

Corley was born in Lexington County, South Carolina, and spent four years as a student at Lexington Academy. He engaged in business in 1838.

Corley came out against talk of secession when it began being heard in South Carolina in the early 1850s,[1] and an effort was made to expel him from the state. Corley was a leader in the state's Lutheran church[2] and served as editor of the South Carolina Temperance Standard in 1855 and 1856.

Corley later claimed he had been the only editor in South Carolina to condemn as "disgraceful" South Carolina Sen. Preston Brooks assault on Massachusetts Sen. Charles Sumner on the senate floor in 1856.[3] Corley entered the Confederate States Army in 1863 and was captured by Union troops at Petersburg, Virginia, on April 2, 1865. He took the oath of allegiance on June 5, 1865.

Corley served as delegate to the South Carolina Constitutional Convention of 1868. Running as a Republican, he was elected to the Fortieth Congress, serving from July 25, 1868, to March 3, 1869. He served as special agent of the United States Treasury in 1869, commissioner of agricultural statistics of South Carolina in 1870 and treasurer of Lexington County in 1874. He died in Lexington, South Carolina, on November 20, 1902, and was interred in St. Stephen's Lutheran Cemetery.

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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Laurence M. Keitt (1860)
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from South Carolina's 3rd congressional district

1868–1869
Succeeded by
Solomon L. Hoge