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Luther Manship (April 16, 1853 - April 22, 1915) was an American politician. He served as the Lieutenant-Governor of Mississippi under Governor Edmond Noel.[1]

Biography

Luther Manship was born in Jackson, Mississippi.[2] He married Mary Belmont Phelps in 1881.[1]

He was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1896. He served as the state's lieutenant governor under Edmond Noel from 1908 to 1912.[1][2]

He died at his home in Jackson on April 22, 1915, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery.[1][3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Luther Manship Given Huge Funeral". Natchez News-Democrat. April 24, 1915. p. 1. Retrieved March 7, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ "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.
Political offices
Preceded by
John P. Carter
Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi
1908–1912
Succeeded by