23 Facts About Edward Stanly

Edward W Stanly was an American lawyer and politician.

Edward Stanly was a North Carolina politician and orator who represented the southeastern portion of the state in the United States House of Representatives for five terms.

In 1857, Stanly ran for governor of California, but lost to John B Weller.

Politicians of the mid-nineteenth century remarked that Stanly bore a strong physical resemblance to William H Seward, though this resemblance lessened over time.

Edward Stanly was a son of US Representative John Stanly of New Bern and a cousin of US Senator George Edmund Badger.

Edward Stanly attended New Bern Academy and graduated from the American Literary, Scientific and Military Academy, Norwich University in 1829.

Edward Stanly then studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1832.

Edward Stanly settled in Beaufort County and began to practice law.

Edward Stanly served in the Twenty-fifth, Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh congresses from March 4,1837, to March 3,1843.

Edward Stanly earned his reputation as North Carolina's greatest orator of his generation during his first term in Congress.

Edward Stanly won the nickname the 'Conqueror' during his re-election campaign of 1839.

Edward Stanly was speaker of the State House from 1844 to 1846, and his impartial presiding was hailed by Commoners of both parties as returning dignity to the chamber in the place of the former political rancor.

In 1849, Edward Stanly was again elected to the US House, serving two terms from March 4,1849, to March 3,1853.

Edward Stanly declined to run for a sixth term in the elections of 1853 and instead moved to California and practiced law in San Francisco.

Edward Stanly was the Republican Party's unsuccessful candidate for Governor and US Senator in 1857.

Edward Stanly served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, and he was a slaveowner.

Edward Stanly resigned this office less than a year later on March 2,1863, in a dispute with President Lincoln over the Emancipation Proclamation.

Edward Stanly returned to California and resumed his law practice.

Edward Stanly died in San Francisco on July 12,1872.

Edward Stanly is buried in the Stanly family plot at Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, California.

On May 11,1859, in San Francisco, Stanly married Cornelia Baldwin, the sister of Joseph G Baldwin, a Virginia-born attorney who served on the California Supreme Court.

Edward Stanly's brother, Fabius Stanly, was a Unionist and rear admiral in the US Navy.

Edward Stanly and Armistead were born in the same house in New Bern, North Carolina.