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Willie P. Mangum

Willie P. Mangum (1792–1861) was born at Red Mountain in Orange (now Durham) County, was schooled partly in Hillsborough and represented Orange County in the House of Commons in 1818. A Whig, he served in Congress and eighteen years in the U.S. Senate, and retired to his Walnut Hall home in 1856.

Source: NC DNCR: Willie P. Mangum (G-28), highway marker essay

Also found in catalogs as Willie Person Mangum.

1792–1861 as the Library of Congress records it · On the Friends’ Local Authors roster as Willie Person Mangum → · Library of Congress authority record ↗

7 indexed works are connected with this person, and the index includes 4 works by Willie P. Mangum. 1 held at OCPL →

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Willie P. Mangum, 1844
Willie P. Mangum, 1844

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By Willie P. Mangum

The Papers Of Willie Person Mangum

Mangum, Willie Person · 1950 · State Dept. of Archives and History

The papers of Willie Person Mangum, 1792 to 1861, a lawyer, judge and United States senator from the part of Orange County that later became Durham County. Five volumes of correspondence published by the State Department of Archives and History beginning in 1950, arranged by date from 1807 to 1894, with illustrations, portraits and folding maps. A source for antebellum North Carolina and national politics, the Whig Party and the Mangum family.

Reviewed in The Journal of Southern History (1951), Journal of American History (1951), The Journal of Southern History (1953), Journal of American History (1953), The Journal of Southern History (1954), The Journal of Southern History (1955), The Journal of Southern History (1957), Journal of American History (1957), The American Historical Review (1957).

✓ Held at OCPL · NC BIO MANGUM SHA NC Cardinal Durham Library of Congress

Willie Person Mangum papers,

Mangum, Willie Person,; Mangum, Arthur,; Mangum, Charity Alston Cain

Personal and political papers of Willie Person Mangum, the Whig senator from Orange County, together with papers of Arthur Mangum and Charity Alston Cain Mangum. Correspondents include Daniel Webster, William A. Graham, David L. Swain, John Chavis and Abraham Lincoln, and other topics include plantations at Hillsborough, the estate called Walnut Hill, state politics, agriculture and education.

Library of Congress

The congressional career of Nathaniel Macon

Wilson, Edwin Mood; Macon, Nathaniel, 1758-1837; Mangum, Willie Person, 1792-1861; Battle, Kemp P. (Kemp Plummer), 1831-1919 · 1900 · University Press

Edwin Mood Wilson's study of Nathaniel Macon's years in Congress, printed by the University Press at Chapel Hill in 1900. Macon served North Carolina in the House and Senate from the 1790s into the 1820s, in an account of state and national politics between 1775 and 1865. Kemp P. Battle and Willie P. Mangum also figure in the account.

UNC

Willie Person Mangum (1792-1861) Papers

Mangum, Willie Person, 1792-1861 · 1705

Willie Person Mangum, the Orange County lawyer, judge and United States senator, is at the center of these papers, 1705 to 1916. They bring together selected items from the Mangum family papers at UNC's Southern Historical Collection, chiefly deeds and legal papers, and from his papers at the Library of Congress. Walnut Hill Plantation, the Whig Party and the Mexican War appear. State Archives of North Carolina, PC.69.

State Archives of NC

About Willie P. Mangum

Map of Orange County, N.C.

Tate, George W. · 1891 · George W. Tate

Facsimile, dated 1940, of George W. Tate's 1891 map of Orange County. It shows towns, roads, railroads such as the North Carolina Rail Road and the Chapel Hill line, residences, schools, churches, mills and mines, with portraits and pictures of buildings in the margins.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Mangum, Willie Person, 1792-1861.

UNC DPLA Library of Congress Library of Congress Digital Collections

Winners of the Willie Person Mangum medal.

1979

Two photocopied leaves list the winners of the Willie Person Mangum medal from 1879 to 1979, with names and dates. The medal went to the member of the senior class who gave the best oration at an annual contest at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Part of UNC's North Carolina Collection.

Why this is here: Its title names this person.

UNC

Donees of the Mangum medal from the foundation in 1878-1926

1926

A typescript list, compiled by J. A. Warren, of the winners of the Willie Person Mangum medal from 1879 to 1926. The medal went each year to the member of the senior class whose oration was judged best at an annual contest at the University of North Carolina. It is a register of university awards. In the North Carolina Collection at UNC.

Why this is here: Their name appears in the record.

UNC

Map of Orange County, NC (Tate-reduced positive photostat)

Tate, George W. · 1891

George W. Tate's map of Orange County, drawn from actual surveys and published by Tate at Bingham School in 1891, here as a reduced positive photostat. It marks townships, churches including Black churches, schools, mills, post offices, mines and quarries, stores, landowners and historic sites, with names such as Cedar Grove Academy and Memorial Hall at Chapel Hill.

Why this is here: Their name appears in the record.

State Archives of NC

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Books in OCPL’s Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection whose titles, catalog subjects, or descriptions match this person. The Friends’ recommended starting points are labelled.

  • Foundational · NC BIO MANGUM SHA The Papers of Willie Person Mangum Mangum, Willie Person · 1950

    The papers of Willie Person Mangum, 1792 to 1861, a lawyer, judge and United States senator from the part of Orange County that later became Durham County. Five volumes of correspondence published by the State Department of Archives and History beginning in 1950, arranged by date from 1807 to 1894, with illustrations, portraits and folding maps. A source for antebellum North Carolina and national politics, the Whig Party and the Mangum family.

Life and Orange County connections

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  1. Willie P. Mangum represents Orange County in the House of Commons In 1818, a year after his admission to the bar, Willie P. Mangum was elected to the House of Commons for Orange County, where he promoted constitutional reform.Search the index · NC DNCR: Willie P. Mangum (G-28), highway marker essay
  2. Willie P. Mangum begins his service in the U.S. House of Representatives Mangum, a former superior court judge, took a seat in Congress for the district in 1823 and served two terms before resigning in 1826.Search the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 92
  3. Orange County votes for Andrew Jackson in the presidential election Orange gave Jackson 638 votes to 591 for William H. Crawford, even though its congressman Willie P. Mangum backed Crawford. The county voted for Jackson again in 1828 (1,036 to 440) and 1832 (759 to 170 for Clay). People: Willie P. MangumSearch the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 85
  4. Orange Superior Court tries Jim, Sherod and Harry, three enslaved men The 1828 term convicted Jim, held by Willie P. Mangum, of manslaughter in the death of another enslaved man and ordered 39 lashes. Sherod got 15 lashes for larceny, and Harry was sentenced to death for burglary but won a new trial on appeal. People: Willie P. MangumLefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 100-101
  5. The legislature elects Willie P. Mangum to the United States Senate Mangum, then a Jacksonian Democrat, was chosen senator in 1830. He broke with Jackson over the bank deposits and resigned when a Democratic legislature instructed him to vote to expunge the censure of Jackson.Search the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 92
  6. Trustees meet in emergency session over the university's debts With debts of about $37,500 and only some 82 paying students, a special meeting of trustees at Chapel Hill on June 21, 1830 called the whole board to Raleigh on July 19. There a committee under James Iredell reported on the finances, and the board adopted a memorial drawn by Thomas Ruffin asking the General Assembly for relief. People: Joseph Caldwell, Willie P. Mangum, Thomas Ruffin, William GastonSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. I (1907), p. 326
  7. Willie P. Mangum builds Walnut Hall at Red Mountain Willie P. Mangum built Walnut Hall from 1842 to 1845 as an addition to his father's house of about 1800. His wife ran the 600-acre plantation, where Mangum enslaved 20 people in 1850.Search the index · Open Durham: Walnut Hall, Willie P. Mangum House
  8. Willie P. Mangum serves as president pro tempore of the U.S. Senate Mangum, by then a leading Whig, presided over the Senate as president pro tempore for three years. He had turned down the Whig vice-presidential nomination in 1840.Search the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 92
  9. Willie P. Mangum is made a justice of the peace on his return to Orange County According to the book, Mangum was made a justice of the peace on his return to Orange County in 1855, so that the county court could draw on his knowledge and experience.Search the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 191
  10. Mangum Dormitory opens, named for three members of the Mangum family The university opened Mangum Dormitory in 1922, naming it for Senator Willie Person Mangum, his nephew Willie Person Mangum Jr., and Professor Adolphus Williamson Mangum. People: Willie P. MangumSearch the index · Carolina Story: Mangum Residence Hall

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Picture: Willie P. Mangum, 1844. Public domain. Photograph by James Lambdin; Original uploader was Darwinek at en.wikipedia; via Wikimedia Commons

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