Manning, John
lawyer, legislator, was born July 30, 1830, in Edenton, N. C.
In 1861 he was a member of the secession convention; and opposed the secession movement in his state; but being compelled to take sides, he volunteered in the confederate service. In 1870-71 he served with distinction as a member of congress. In 1875 he was a delegate to the constitutional convention of North Carolina. In 1881 he was a member of the general assembly; and during 1881-83 was a member of the commission to codify the statute laws of North Carolina. Since 1881 he has been professor of law in the university of North Carolina; and the law department under his able management has become the largest school south of Virginia.