biography
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Vance, Zebulon Baird
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1830–94)
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| biography:
| US governor, born in Buncombe Co, North Carolina, USA. A Know-Nothing in the US House of Representatives (North Carolina, 1858–61), he campaigned against secession. Once the war was underway, however, as Conservative Party governor (1862–5) he had to lead a divided state, and he gave limited support to the Confederacy. Re-elected governor (Democrat, 1877–9), he restored the state economy and improved public education. In the US Senate (1880–94), he served on the Finance Committee. |
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