# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-b-vance
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:18:05.977Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-b-vance"
name: "Robert B. Vance"
slug: "robert-b-vance"
description: "Robert Brank Vance, nephew of the earlier Congressman Robert Brank Vance (1793–1827) 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 (1873–1885). 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."
tagline: "Confederate Army general (1828–1899)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RobertBVance.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1828-04-24"
deathDate: "1899-11-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.96
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.474730666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%A8%DB%8C._%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "روبرت بی. وانس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D9%8A._%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "روبرت بي. فانس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D9%89._%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "روبرت بى. فانس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Brank_Vance"
    title: "Robert Brank Vance"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_B._Vance_(Politiker%2C_1828)"
    title: "Robert B. Vance (Politiker, 1828)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_B._Vance"
    title: "Robert B. Vance"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2156408"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump