Robert B. Vance

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(April 24, 1828 — November 28, 1899) Vance was a businessman, court clerk, and politician. Robert Frank Vance was born in Reems Creek, North Carolina in 1828. After receiving an education at the common schools, he worked in the mercantile business and in agriculture. During the Civil War, Vance enlisted in the Confederate Army and was elected as a captain, colonel, and appointed as a brigadier general. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives and served for six congressional sessions from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1885. After serving in Congress, he returned to Alexander, North Carolina and served in the State House of Representatives from 1894 to 1896. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/V000019]

Member of North Carolina Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875.

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