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Zebulon Vance

Zebulon Baird Vance (May 13, 1830 – April 14, 1894) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 37th and 43rd governor of North Carolina, a U.S. senator from North Carolina, and a Confederate officer during the American Civil War.

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Born ~ Died: May 13, 1830 ~ Apr 14, 1894
Preceded by: Augustus S. Merrimon
Succeeded by: Thomas Jarvis
Preceded by: Joseph Abbott
Succeeded by: Matt Ransom
Lieutenant: Thomas J. Jarvis
Preceded by: Curtis Brogden
Succeeded by: Thomas Jarvis
Preceded by: Henry Clark
Succeeded by: William Holden
Preceded by: Thomas L. Clingman
Succeeded by: Robert B. Vance (1873)
Succeeded by: David Coleman
Born: Zebulon Baird Vance, (1830-05-13)May 13, 1830, Reems Creek, North Carolina, U.S.
Died: April 14, 1894(1894-04-14) (aged 63), Washington, D.C., U.S.
Resting place: Riverside Cemetery
Party: Whig (1852–1856), American (1857), Conservative (1862–1868), Democratic (1868–1894)
Spouse(s): Harriett Newell Espy (1853~1878; her death), Florence Steele Martin (m. 1880)
Children: 5
Parent(s): David Vance Jr., Mira Margaret Baird
Education: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Allegiance: Confederate States
Rank: Colonel
Unit: 26th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Rough and Ready Guards
Battles/wars: Battle of New Bern, Seven Days Battles
Location: 35.5956, -82.5519

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Contents

1.Early life
2.Pre-Civil War career
2.1.Attorney
2.2.North Carolina Senate
2.3.Journalism
2.4.U.S. Congress
3.Civil War
3.1.Soldier
3.2.Governor, 1st term
3.3.Governor, 2nd term
3.4.Prisoner
4.Postwar career
4.1.Attorney
4.2.Fourteenth Amendment

Zebulon Baird Vance (May 13, 1830 – April 14, 1894) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 37th and 43rd governor of North Carolina, a U.S. senator from North Carolina, and a Confederate officer during the American Civil War.¹²

A prolific writer and noted public speaker, Vance became one of the most influential Southern leaders of the Civil War and Reconstruction Era periods.³⁴ As a leader of the New South, Vance favored the rapid modernization of the Southern economy, railroad expansion, school construction, and reconciliation with the North.⁵ A Philosemite, he frequently spoke out against antisemitism.⁶ A progressive at his time, Vance was also a slave owner and is now regarded as a racist by some modern historians and biographers.⁶⁷⁸⁹¹⁰

Early life

Vance was born in a log cabin in the settlement of Reems Creek in , near present-day , and was baptized at the Presbyterian church on Reems Creek. He was the third of eight children of David Vance Jr., a farmer and innkeeper, and his wife, . His paternal grandfather, , was a member of the and a colonel in the , serving under at . His maternal grandfather was , a state senator from Buncombe County, North Carolina. His uncle was Congressman , namesake of his elder brother, Congressman . He was reared by , a house slave.

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Campaign

War governor

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Postwar career

Attorney

Fourteenth Amendment

Lecture circuit

Speaking out against antisemitism

Governor, 3rd term

Education

Railroads

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Criticism of Reconstruction

Farmers' Alliance

National issues

Vance and the Ku Klux Klan

Personal life

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