Robert B. Vance
U.S. Congressperson
1828 – 1899
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Who was Robert B. Vance?
Robert Brank Vance, nephew of the earlier Congressman Robert Brank Vance and brother of Zebulon Baird Vance, was a North Carolina Democratic politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for six terms. He was chairman of the United States House Committee on Patents. During the American Civil War, Vance served in the Confederate States Army, where he reached the rank of brigadier general.
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- Born
- Apr 24, 1828
Buncombe County - Also known as
- Robert Vance
- Siblings
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Confederate States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- North Carolina
- Died
- Nov 28, 1899
Asheville
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on July 23, 2013
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