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Which political party did Zeb Vance belong to?

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Zeb Vance was a member of the Democratic Party. He served as the 31st Governor of North Carolina from 1862 to 1865 and as a United States Senator from North Carolina from 1869 to 1877. Vance was a strong advocate for states' rights and opposed the Republican Party's Reconstruction policies. He was also a vocal opponent of slavery, but he believed that the issue should be decided by each state.
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