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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.
Widely hailed as the South’s most prominent politician during the Civil War and post-bellum periods, Zebulon Baird Vance’s decorated career as a public servant included positions in the military, the Governor of North Carolina, and a U.S. Senator.
20 de jul. de 1998 · Zebulon B. Vance (born May 13, 1830, Buncombe county, N.C., U.S.—died April 14, 1894, Washington, D.C.) was a North Carolina representative, governor, and senator during the American Civil War and Reconstruction eras.
Zebulon Baird Vance, Confederate soldier, governor of North Carolina, congressman, and U.S. senator, was the third child and second son of David and Mira Baird Vance. He was born in the old homestead in Buncombe County, on Reems Creek, about twelve miles north of Asheville.
Born in the Reems Creek Valley on May 13, 1830, Zebulon Vance became one of the most famous and controversial politicians in North Carolina history. Vance grew up at his family’s drover stand in Lapland, now Marshall, although he began boarding for school at age six.
Zebulon Baird Vance was born in the Reems Creek valley of Buncombe County, North Carolina on May 13, 1830. He was the third of eight children of David and Mira Baird Vance.
A career politician from North Carolina, Zebulon Baird Vance served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1858 until March 1861. While in Congress he resisted the prevailing secessionist sentiment common among his fellow Southerners, believing such sentiments to be dangerous and unwise.
