Robert Brank Vance
Robert Brank Vance (* 1793 in Asheville, North Carolina, † November 6, 1827 at Saluda Gap, North Carolina ) was an American politician. Between 1823 and 1825 he represented the state of North Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Career
Robert Vance was the uncle of the same name later Congressman Robert B. Vance (1828-1899) and of his brother Zebulon (1830-1894), Governor of North Carolina and U.S. senator. He attended the common schools and the Newton Academy in Asheville. After a subsequent medical studies and his medical license, he began in 1818 to work in Asheville in this profession. In addition, he held in his home some local offices.
In the congressional elections of 1822 Vance was a non-party candidate in the twelfth constituency of North Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Felix Walker on March 4, 1823. Since he lost to Samuel Price Carson in the elections of 1824, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1825. 1826 Vance sought unsuccessfully against Carson his return to the Congress on. It came during the election campaign to an insult of Vance's page about the past of the father of his opponent. Then he asked Samuel Carson to a duel. In this Robert Vance was mortally wounded. He was buried in the family cemetery near Asheville.