Thomas Courtland Manning

{{Short description|American judge (1825–1887)}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name =  | honorific_suffix = | image = Portrait of Thomas Courtland Manning, by Paul E. Poincy.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Portrait {{circa}} 1909 | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name =  | birth_date = {{Death date|1825|09|14}} | birth_place = [[Edenton, North Carolina]], US | death_date = {{Death date|1887|10|11|1825|09|14}} | death_place = [[New York City]], US |alma_mater = [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina]] | occupation = }} '''Thomas Courtland Manning''' (September 14, 1825 [[Edenton, North Carolina]] – October 11, 1887, New York City) was an American [[jurist]] and diplomat.

Manning's ancestors came from England to Virginia in the 17th century. He was graduated at the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina]], admitted to the bar, and practiced for a time in his native town. Removing in 1855 to [[Alexandria, Louisiana]], he took up his permanent residence there and built up a large practice.<ref>{{cite web |title=Thomas Courtland Manning Historical Marker |author=Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism |url=http://www.stoppingpoints.com/louisiana/Rapides/Thomas+Courtland+Manning.html }}</ref>

He was sent to the [[Confederate States of America#Secessionists and conventions|Secession convention]] of 1861 as a state-rights [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]], and when the convention adjourned was elected a lieutenant in a Louisiana Confederate regiment, he served with the rank of lieutenant-colonel on the staff of Governor Moore, and in 1863 was appointed adjutant-general of the state, with the rank of brigadier-general. In 1864 he was appointed an associate justice of the [[Supreme Court of Louisiana]], and served until the close of the civil war.<ref name="LaSC">{{cite web|url=http://www.lasc.org/Bicentennial/justices/Manning_Thomas.aspx |title=Thomas Courtland Manning (1825–1887)|publisher=Louisiana Supreme Court|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609030302/http://www.lasc.org/Bicentennial/justices/Manning_Thomas.aspx|access-date=December 27, 2020|archive-date=2019-06-09}}</ref><ref name="LaSCJ">{{cite web|url=http://www.lasc.org/Bicentennial/justices.aspx|title=Louisiana Supreme Court Justices, 1813–Present|publisher=Louisiana Supreme Court|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608080334/http://www.lasc.org/Bicentennial/justices.aspx|access-date=May 16, 2020|archive-date=2019-06-08}}</ref>

In 1872 he declined the nomination for governor and was a presidential elector, and in 1876 he was vice-president of the National Convention that nominated [[Samuel J. Tilden]]. In January, 1877, he was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, serving until 1880,<ref name="LaSC"/><ref name="LaSCJ"/> when the adoption of a new constitution displaced the whole state government. While chief justice he was elected one of the trustees of the [[Peabody education fund]]. In 1880 he was again presidential elector, and in the autumn of that year was appointed United States Senator, but was not admitted. In 1882 he was placed for the third time on the supreme bench, and served until the expiration of his term in 1886.<ref name="LaSC"/><ref name="LaSCJ"/> He was then appointed by President [[Grover Cleveland]] as United States minister to [[Mexico]], which office he filled until his death.

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==External links== * {{Internet Archive author |sname=Thomas Courtland Manning |birth=1831 |death=1887 |sopt=t}}

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