Manuel S. Corley

Manuel Simeon Corley (February 10, 1823 - November 20, 1902) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.

Born in Lexington County, South Carolina, Corley was a student in Lexington Academy four years. He engaged in business in 1838. Opposed the first attempt at secession of South Carolina in 1852, when an effort was made to expel him from the State. He was editor of the South Carolina Temperance Standard in 1855 and 1856. He entered the Confederate States Army in 1863. Captured by Union troops at Petersburg, Virginia, April 2, 1865. Took the oath of allegiance June 5, 1865. He served as delegate to the constitutional convention of South Carolina in 1867. Upon the readmission of South Carolina to representation was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress and served from July 25, 1868, to March 3, 1869. He served as special agent of the United States Treasury in 1869. He served as commissioner of agricultural statistics of South Carolina in 1870. Treasurer of Lexington County in 1874. He died in Lexington, South Carolina, November 20, 1902. He was interred in St. Stephen's Lutheran Cemetery.

Source

• United States Congress. "Manuel S. Corley (id: C000778)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.