sentences:  Later, Manning was a member of the State constitutional convention in 1875; a member of the State house of representatives in 1881; and a commissioner to codify the laws of the State in 1881.He became a professor of law at his alma mater, the University of North Carolina, and was also a member of its board of trustees from 1881-1899.Manning died in Chapel Hill, N.C., on February 12, 1899.