History of Red Mountain, (Durham County) North Carolina United States of America

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Willie Person Mangum, senator, was born in Orange county, N.C., 1792. He was graduated at the University of North Carolina in 1815; was admitted to the bar in 1817, and settled at Red Mountain, N.C. He was a representative in the state legislature in 1818; judge of the superior court, 1819-23, and resigned on his election as a Whig representative in congress. He served in the 18th and 19th congresses, 1823-26; resigned, March 18, 1826, and was again elected judge of the superior court. He relinquished this office the same year and filled it again, 1828-30. He was a U.S. senator, 1831-36, resigning in 1836, and in 1840 was again elected to the U.S. senate to fill the unexpired term of Bedford Brown and was twice re-elected, serving until March 3, 1855. He was president pro tempore of the senate, succeeding Samuel L. Southard of New Jersey, 1842-45, and was a confidential adviser of President Taylor in 1849. He was presidential elector on the Jackson and Calhoun ticket in 1829 and received eleven electoral votes from South Carolina for President of the United States in 1837. He received the degree of LL.D. from the University of North Carolina in 1845. He retired to his country home at Red Mountain, Orange county, N.C., in 1853, and there resides until his death, which was caused by mental depression brought on by the loss of his only son, who was fatally wounded at the first battle of Bull Run. He died at Red Mountain, N.C., Sept. 14, 1861.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Red Mountain, (Durham County) North Carolina

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