M. Simeon Corley

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"(February 10, 1823 -- November 20, 1902) Manuel Simeon Corley was a(n) businessman, editor, soldier, public servant, special agent, commissioner, treasurer, and American politician. He was born in Lexington County, South Carolina. Corley was opposed to secession. He served in the Confederate army (1863), was captured by Union troops, and took an oath of allegiance (June 5, 1865). Corley was the editor of the South Carolina Temperance Standard (1855 and 1856), delegate to the constitutional convention of South Carolina (1867), special agent of the United States Treasury (1869), commissioner of agricultural statistics of South Carolina (1870), and treasurer of Lexington County (1874). Manuel was elected as a Republican to the 40th Congress (July 25, 1868 - march 3, 1869). [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=C000778]"

Member of South Carolina Delegation—United States Fifteenth Amendment.

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