Luther Manship

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Luther Manship (April 16, 1853 – April 22, 1915) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician from Mississippi. Born in Jackson, he was the son of Charles Henry Manship, who served as mayor of Jackson. He started as an apprentice and railroad engineer for the Illinois Central Railroad in McComb, then entered public life.

Manship served on Macon’s City Council from 1880 to 1881 and on Jackson’s City Council from 1885 to 1895. He was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives and served from 1896 to 1900. He later became the lieutenant governor of Mississippi, serving from 1908 to 1912 under Governor Edmond Noel.

He married Mary Belmont Phelps in 1881 and studied at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Manship died in Jackson in 1915 at the age of 62 and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery.