Levi Manning
| Levi Manning | |
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| Mayor of Tucson, Arizona | |
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In office 1905–1907 |
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| Preceded by | Charles J. Schumacher |
| Succeeded by | Charles F. Slack |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
May 16, 1864 Halifax County, North Carolina |
| Died | August 6, 1935 (aged 71) Beverly Hills, California |
| Resting place |
32°15′55″N 110°58′44″W / 32.2654°N 110.9788°W |
| Spouse(s) | Gussie nee Lovell |
| Residence | Tucson, Arizona |
| Alma mater | University of Mississippi |
Levi Howell Manning (May 18, 1864 – August 1, 1935) served as Mayor of Tucson, Arizona from 1905 to 1907.
Levi H. Manning was born second in a family of four brothers and four sisters in Halifax County, North Carolina to Vannoy Hartrog Manning, a U.S. Representative from Mississippi and an officer in the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War.
In 1883, during summer break while attending the University of Mississippi, Manning and a fraternity brother acquired the use of a circus elephant. The elephant escaped from Manning and rampaged through town. Upon hearing the story, Manning's mother advised him to get out of town before his father found out. Consequently he came to Tucson, Arizona in early spring 1884. Upon arrival Manning worked as a reporter for the The Daily Arizona Citizen and later the Arizona Daily Star.
He later bought a controlling interest in and was general manager of the Tucson Ice & Electric Light Company for two years, making a “considerable fortune” when he sold it. He was chief of the Mineral Department in the office of US Surveyor during the latter half of Grover Cleveland's first administration. In 1893 President Cleveland appointed Manning as Surveyor-General of Arizona, which he held until 1897.
On May 28, 1898, Manning married Gussie Lovell O'Connell, who had been born in San Jose, Calif.
Manning developed several mines in Sonora, Mexico, and founded the Owl Club of Tucson and developed real estate in Tucson Arizona. In 1900 Manning became president and general manager of a general mercantile firm in Tucson, renamed the L. H. Manning Co. with the acquisition of Norton & Drake. In 1904 Manning, Charles M. Shannon, and Epes Randolph opened the Santa Rita Hotel in Tucson. He also developed agricultural districts in the Santa Cruz valley.
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