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SC Governors – Richard Irvine Manning III, 1915-1919
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Biographical Overview
Education
- University of Virginia - 1877-1879
Occupations
Major Events and Accomplishments, 1st Term, 1915–1917
- 1915 – South Carolina citizens voted in a referendum to establish a prohibition on the sale of all alcoholic beverages
- 1915 – Birth of a Nation, a film portraying of South Carolina in the Reconstruction-era, premiered
- February 20, 1915 – The General Assembly passed the state's first compulsory education legislation
- February 29, 1916 – The General Assembly passed a child labor law that raised the minimum age for employment to fourteen
Major Events and Accomplishments, 2nd Term, 1917–1919
- 1917 – The boll weevil entered South Carolina
- February 27, 1917 – The state's first chapter of the NAACP was founded in Charleston
- April 6, 1917 – The United States entered World War I
- May 18, 1917 – The US Congress passed the Selective Service Act and 307,350 South Carolinians registered for the draft during the course of the war
- February 14, 1918 – The General Assembly passed legislation allowing women to practice law
- September-December 1918 – A Spanish Influenza epidemic killed 7,400 South Carolinians
- November 11, 1918 – World War I ended
Other Government Positions
- South Carolina House of Representatives, 1892-1896
- South Carolina Senate, 1898-1906
Other Accomplishments, Honors, Distinctions
Election Results, 1st Term
- On November 3, 1914, Manning was elected governor without opposition, receiving 34,600 votes
Election Results, 2nd Term
- On November 7, 1916, Governor Manning was reelected without opposition, receiving 60,396 votes
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Richard Irvine Manning III
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