Robert B. Vance

Robert Brank Vance (* April 24, 1828 in Asheville, North Carolina, † November 28, 1899 ) was an American politician. Between 1873 and 1885 he represented the state of North Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Robert Vance was a nephew of the same name Congressman Robert B. Vance ( 1793-1827 ). He was also the older brother of Zebulon Baird Vance (1830-1894), who represented the State of North Carolina in both chambers of Congress. The younger Vance attended the common schools and worked in the commercial as well as in agriculture. Between 1848 and 1856 he was bailiff. During the Civil War was Vance officer in the army of the Confederacy. Since 1863, he held the rank of brigadier general.

After the war, Vance began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party. In the congressional elections of 1872 he was again appointed in the eighth constituency of North Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1873. After five re- elections, he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1885 six legislative periods. During this time he was several times chairman of the Patent Committee.

In 1884, Vance was not nominated by his party for re-election. Between 1885 and 1889 he worked as an Assistant Commissioner for the Federal Patent Office; then he returned to his home state. From 1894 to 1896 he was a member of the House of Representatives from North Carolina. He died on 28 November 1899 in the small village of Alexander near Asheville.