Luther Manship

Luther Manship
Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi
In office
1908–1912
GovernorEdmond Noel
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
In office
1896
Personal details
Born(1853-04-16)April 16, 1853
Jackson, Mississippi
DiedApril 22, 1915(1915-04-22) (aged 62)
Jackson, Mississippi
Resting placeGreenwood Cemetery
PartyDemocratic
Spouse
Mary Belmont Phelps
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(m. 1881)​
EducationUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
OccupationLawyer, politician

Luther Manship (April 16, 1853 - April 22, 1915) was an American politician. He served as the Lieutenant-Governor of Mississippi under Governor Edmond Noel.

Biography

Luther Manship was born on April 16, 1853, in Jackson, Mississippi. He was the son of Charles Henry Manship, mayor of Jackson, and Adaline Dailey. He attended Jackson's public schools. He was an apprentice for the Illinois Central Railroad in McComb, and served as an engineer. He was a City Council member of Macon from 1880 to 1881. He married Mary Belmont Phelps in 1881. He was a member of Jackson's City Council from 1885 to 1895.

He was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1895 and served from 1896 to 1900. He reached his highest political office when he served as the state's lieutenant governor under Edmond Noel from 1908 to 1912.

He died at his home in Jackson on April 22, 1915, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Luther Manship Given Huge Funeral". Natchez News-Democrat. April 24, 1915. p. 1. Retrieved March 7, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. 1 2 Herringshaw, Thomas William, ed. (1914). Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography. Vol. IV. American Publishers Association. p. 34. Retrieved July 22, 2020 – via Google Books.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rowland, Dunbar (1908). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. p. 952.
  4. ↑ "Luther Manship is Dead After a Long Illness of Months". Hattiesburg Daily News. Jackson, Mississippi. January 22, 1915. p. 1. Retrieved July 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.