OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
Willie Person  Mangum

BORN:
May 10, 1792
Orange (now Durham) County, North Carolina 

DIED:
September 7, 1861 (age 69)
Durham County, North Carolina

EDUCATION:
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BA, 1815)) 

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democratic (Before 1834)
Whig (1834–1852)
American (1856–1861)

HIGHLIGHTS: 
1817:
Admitted to the Bar,
Began Practicing Law in Red Mountain, North Carolina 
1818-1819:
Member, North Carolina State House of Representatives
1823-1826:
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives,
Elected as a Jacksonian from North Carolina,
Later became an Anti-Jacksonian 
1831-1836:
U.S. Senator from North Carolina
1836:
Unsuccessful Whig Candidate for President 
1840-1853:
U.S. Senator from North Carolina
1842-1845:
President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate 
1853-1861:
Practiced Law in Red Mountain, North Carolina 

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
North Carolina History Project
NCPedia
Wikipedia
Papers of Willie Mangum (Vols. 1-5)