Stedman first got involved in politics as a delegate to the 1880 Democratic National Convention , which nominated Winfield Scott Hancock and William Hayden English for President and Vice President of the United States . He was elected the fifth Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina in 1884 , serving from 1885 to 1889 , and unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic nomination for Governor of North Carolina in 1888 . He moved to Asheville , North Carolina in 1891 and to Greensboro , North Carolina in 1898 , continuing to practice law . Stedman served as a trustee of the University of North Carolina from 1899 to 1915 , was president of the North Carolina Bar Association from 1900 to 1901 , was again an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of North Carolina in 1903-04 , and was director and president of the North Carolina Railroad from 1909 to 1910
1880 Democratic National Convention
1880 Democratic National Convention
Charles Manly Stedman