Claim: William Vance served in the Senate from 1886 to 1892; then in 1882, he assumed his terminal position as the private secretary to two-term Governor Murphy J. Foster, Sr.
Evidence: William Vance served in the Senate from 1886 to 1892 and was also during the latter part of his tenure the assistant to state Attorney General Walter Henry Rogers. In 1892, Vance assumed his terminal position as the private secretary to two-term Governor Murphy J. Foster, Sr.