Editing Daniel Manning (section)

==Career==
Manning worked his way through the ranks at the ''Argus'', including positions as stenographer, reporter, associate editor, editor, publisher, and owner and president.<ref name="White">{{cite book |date=1895 |title=The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography |volume=II |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Td0DAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA405 |location=New York, NY |publisher=James T. White & Company |pages=405–406 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> Manning devoted significant time to self-study to make up for his lack of formal education, and developed expertise in political science, banking and finance, and fine art.<ref name="White"/>

In addition to his newspaper interests, Manning was involved in banking and business.<ref name="White"/> He was a trustee of Albany's National Savings Bank, and a director of Albany's [[KeyBank|National Commercial Bank]].<ref name="White"/> He became vice president of the National Commercial Bank in 1881, and he ascended to the presidency after the 1882 death of  [[Robert H. Pruyn]].<ref name="Parker">{{cite book |editor-last=Parker |editor-first=Amasa J. Jr. |editor-link=Amasa J. Parker Jr. |date=1897 |title=Landmarks of Albany County, New York |url=https://archive.org/details/landmarksofalban00parker/page/n853/mode/2up |location=Syracuse, NY |publisher=D. Mason & Co. |pages=134–135 |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> Manning was also interested in railroads, including serving on the [[Albany & Susquehanna Railroad]]'s board of directors.<ref name="White"/> In addition, after the invention of the incandescent light bulb, Manning served on the board of directors of the Electric Light Company of Albany.<ref name="White"/> Manning was also a director of the Albany Railway Company, the city's [[Street running train|street railroad]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Tenney |first1=Jonathan |last2=Howell |first2=George Rogers |date=1886 |title=Bi-centennial History of Albany: History of the County of Albany, N.Y. from 1609 to 1886 |volume=II |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nWkJAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA519 |location=New York, NY |publisher=W. W. Munsell & Company |page=519 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>

===Political career===
[[File:US-$20-SC-1886-Fr-316.jpg|thumb|right|Manning depicted on a Series 1886 [[Silver certificate (United States)|silver certificate]]]]
A [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]], for many years Manning was recognized as the leader of the party in Albany.<ref name="Parker"/> He was a delegate to all the state Democratic conventions from 1874 to 1884.<ref name="Parker"/> He served as a member of the state Democratic committee from 1874 to 1885, and secretary from 1879 to 1881.<ref name="Parker"/> From 1881 to 1885, Manning was chair of the [[New York State Democratic Committee|New York Democratic Party]].<ref name="Parker"/> He was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions of [[1876 Democratic National Convention|1876]], [[1880 Democratic National Convention|1880]], and [[1884 Democratic National Convention|1884]].<ref name="Parker"/> He was chair of the 1880 convention, and head of New York state's 1884 delegation.<ref name="Parker"/> Manning was a friend and political ally of [[Samuel J. Tilden]], and worked with him to oppose the political corruption of [[Tammany Hall]] and the [[Tweed Ring]].<ref name="Parker"/>

During the [[1884 United States presidential election]], Manning was a leader of [[Grover Cleveland]]'s campaign.<ref name="Miller"/> At the national convention, he played a key role in obtaining the nomination for Cleveland, and his efforts on Cleveland's behalf were credited with aiding Cleveland's narrow victory in the general election.<ref name="Miller"/>

===Secretary of the Treasury===
[[File:Daniel Manning Secretary of the Treasury 1898 medal.jpg|thumb|right|1898 U.S. Mint commemorative medal depicting Daniel Manning]]
After Cleveland won the presidency, Tilden advocated Manning's appointment as Secretary of the Treasury.<ref name="Miller"/> Cleveland concurred, and Manning served from March 8, 1885, until resigning because of ill health on March 31, 1887.<ref name="Miller"/> A fiscal conservative and advocate of the [[gold standard]], as was Cleveland, Manning worked to preserve the Treasury's cash surplus and increase its gold reserve.<ref name="Miller"/> In addition, Manning advocated [[Tariff in United States history|tariff reduction]].<ref name="Miller"/>

As a cabinet secretary who enjoyed Cleveland's confidence, Manning provided advice to Cleveland on fiscal and economic policy.<ref name="Miller"/> As a trusted political advisor, Manning also provided input to Cleveland on appointees and issues that were not within Treasury's usual purview.<ref name="Miller"/>

===Later life===
After leaving the Treasury Department, Manning accepted appointment as president of the Western National Bank of New York.<ref name="White"/> He died of [[Chronic kidney disease|Bright's disease]] at his home in Albany on December 24, 1887.<ref name="White"/><ref>{{cite news |date=December 22, 1887 |title=Ex-Secretary Manning Dying |url= https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1887/12/22/103157374.pdf |work=[[The New York Times]] |location=Albany |page=1 |via=[[TimesMachine]] |access-date=May 15, 2022}}</ref> Manning's funeral took place at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Albany, and was attended by President Cleveland and all but one member of the cabinet.<ref name="Grains">{{cite web |url=https://grainoncescattered.org/2016/06/20/daniel-mannings-funeral/ |title=Daniel Manning's Funeral |date=June 20, 2016 |website=Grain, Once Scattered |publisher=St. Paul's Episcopal Church |location=Albany, NY}}</ref> He was buried at [[Albany Rural Cemetery]] in [[Menands, New York|Menands]].<ref name="Grains"/>