serviceyears branch death_date allegiance birth_date birthname term_end death_place profession battles term_start rank image predecessor birth_place party office state district successor article_title
1861 -- 1865 confederate states army 28 november 1899 confederate states 24 april 1828 robert brank vance january 9 , 1895 march 3 , 1885 asheville , north carolina farmer , merchant american civil war january 4 , 1893 march 4 , 1873 brigadier general robertbvance.jpg j. civil war , 1861 -rrb- p. lowery zebulon b. vance -lrb- prior to buncombe , north carolina democratic member buncombe of the north carolina house of representatives for north carolina north carolina 8 8th virgil s. lusk william h. h. cowles robert b. vance

robert b. vance

robert brank vance -lrb- april 24 , 1828 -- november 28 , 1899 -rrb- , nephew of the earlier congressman robert b. vance -lrb- 1793 -- 1827 -rrb- and brother of zebulon b. vance , was a north carolina democratic politician who served as a member of the u.s. house of representatives for six terms -lrb- 1873 -- 1885 -rrb- .
he was chairman of the united states house committee on patents .
during the american civil war , vance served in the confederate states army , where he reached the rank of brigadier general .
