William R. Vance (1806–1885) was the seventh mayor of Louisville, Kentucky from 1847 to 1850. He was a Louisville attorney and member of the Whig Party elected to the

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three times and

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once during the 1830s and 1840s. During his administration, he conveyed the tract of land that became Cave Hill Cemetery.

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