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Albinus Nance

American politician

Field	Value
name	Albinus Nance
image	Albinus Nance.jpg
order1	4th
office1	Governor of Nebraska
term_start1	January 9, 1879
term_end1	January 4, 1883
lieutenant1	Edmund C. Carns
predecessor1	Silas Garber
successor1	James W. Dawes
office2	7th Speaker of the Nebraska House of Representatives
term_start2	January 1877
term_end2	January 1879
predecessor2	Edward S. Towle
successor2	Charles P. Mathewson
office3	Member of the Nebraska House of Representatives
term3	1875–1879
birth_date
death_date
birth_place	La Fayette, Illinois, US
death_place	Lincoln, Nebraska, US
resting_place	Wyuka Cemetery
party	Republican
spouse	Sarah White

Albinus Roberts Nance (March 30, 1848 – December 7, 1911) was an American politician. He served as a soldier during the American Civil War, and as the fourth governor of Nebraska.

Nance was born in La Fayette, Illinois on March 30, 1848. He was born to Dr. Hiram Nance and Sarah (Smith) Nance. He was educated in Kewanee, Illinois, until age sixteen. He married Sarah White and they had one child.

Career

At age sixteen, Nance enlisted with the 9th Illinois Cavalry. Nance fought in the American Civil War, from 1861 to 1865. He served as a private during the war. He fought in the battles of Hurricane Creek, Guntown, Columbia, Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville. He was slightly wounded during the Battle of Nashville. In 1865, after the war was over, Nance became a student at Knox College. In 1870, he was admitted to the bar in Illinois.

Political career

Nance moved to Nebraska in 1871 to homestead and practice law, eventually settling in Osceola, Nebraska. He divided his time between farming and his law practice. He soon gave up farming, for his law practice and large real estate business. In 1874, Nance was nominated by the state Republican Party to run for the Nebraska House of Representatives. During his election, in 1875, Nance married Sarah White. He won the election and served as a member of the Nebraska Legislature from 1875 to 1878, and served as the Speaker of the Nebraska House of Representatives from 1877 to 1878. Nance was also a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1876.

In 1878, while Speaker of the Nebraska House of Representatives, Nance was elected Governor of Nebraska. He was only thirty years old at the time of his election, and was known as "the boy governor". Nance and his administration were very popular with the people. His administration was described in The Public Men of Today in 1882, "The distinguishing feature of his administration has been an unassuming but inflexible determination to execute the laws with fidelity to the best interests of the people of Nebraska." Nance was renominated for the governorship, in 1880. He won the election, with an overwhelming majority.

He is known for calling in the Nebraska state militia to subdue the strikers in the Camp Dump Strike; one striker was killed by the militia.

Death

After being governor, Nance retired to civilian life. He owned large parts of numerous banks. He eventually retired altogether from business life. Nance died in Chicago on December 7, 1911, and was buried at Wyuka Cemetery in Lincoln. Nance County, Nebraska is named after him.

References

White's pg. 2
Nance's pp. 140–143
"Albinus Nance". National Governors Association.
Sheldon's pp. 268–269
[http://genealogytrails.com/neb/governoralbunusnance.htm The Public Men of Today (1882)]
Raimo's pg. 893
Bulletin, Issues 196–201 p. 197

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