Vance, Zebulon Baird (1830-1894), was a Confederate governor of North Carolina and a Democratic United States senator. Vance opposed secession, but he served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War (1861-1865). He became governor of North Carolina in 1862, and devoted himself to supplying North Carolina soldiers. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1870, but was refused his seat. He was elected governor again in 1876 and served in the U.S. Senate from 1879 until his death on April 14, 1894.
Vance was born on May 13, 1830, in Buncombe County, North Carolina. He represents North Carolina in Statuary Hall.
