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VANCE, Zebulon Baird, Representative and a Senator from North Carolina; born near Asheville, N.C., May 13, 1830; attended common schools of Buncombe County, and Washington (Tenn.) College; studied law at UNC Chapel Hill; admitted to the bar in 1852 and practiced in Asheville, N.C.; elected prosecuting attorney of Buncombe County in 1852; member, State house of commons 1854; elected as an American to the 35th Congress; reelected as an Opposition to the 36th Congress, served from Dec 7, 1858, to Mar 3, 1861; during the Civil War entered the Confederate Army as captain, promoted to colonel; elected Governor of North Carolina in 1862, and reelected in 1864; removed from office in 1865 when he was arrested and imprisoned in Washington, DC. elected to the US Senate Nov 1870, but did not present his credentials. Governor of North Carolina 1876-1878; much more.