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  • Robert B. Vance
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  • Robert Brank Vance (April 24, 1828 – November 28, 1899), nephew of the earlier Congressman Robert Brank Vance (1793–1827) 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 (1873–1885). 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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serviceyears
  • 1861
Birth Date
  • 1828-04-24
Commands
  • 29
Branch
death place
  • Asheville, North Carolina
Name
  • Robert Brank Vance
placeofburial label
  • Place of burial
Birth Place
  • Buncombe County, North Carolina
death date
  • 1899-11-28
Rank
  • 35
Image size
  • 200
Allegiance
  • *
Battles
laterwork
  • Politician
  • Farmer
  • Merchant
placeofburial
  • Asheville, North Carolina
  • Riverside Cemetery
abstract
  • Robert Brank Vance (April 24, 1828 – November 28, 1899), nephew of the earlier Congressman Robert Brank Vance (1793–1827) 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 (1873–1885). 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.