Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1894 — DEATH OF SENATOR VANCE. [ARTICLE]

DEATH OF SENATOR VANCE.

Senator Vance, of North Carolina, died at his- home in Washington, Saturday night. lie had a stroke of apoplexy, Saturday morning. Mr. Vance had been a sufferer from paralysis and a complication of some time. Zebulon Baird Vance was born in Buncombo county, North Carolina, May 13,1530. Ho received his education at Washington College and at the University of North Carolina. At the beginning of the war ho entered the confederate army and served until 18(52, when ho was elected Governor us North Carolina, Ilis most notable ichicvcment while in the offico'of Governor was the securing of foreign aid forthe confederate cause.. He sent agents to Europe who purchased a fine steamboat which subsequently ran tho blockade, bringing in clothing, arms and stores for tho confederate government. In 1867 Mr. Vance received a pardon from President Johnson, and practiced law in Charlotte until 1876, when ho was again elected Governor of his native State. He was elected United States Senator in 1879, and has been a member of that body continuously since that time.