Zeb V. Walser

Zeb Vance Walser (June 17, 1866 – February 17, 1940) was a North Carolina attorney and politician. Named for Governor Zebulon B. Vance, Walser nevertheless became active in the Republican Party rather than Vance's Democrats. He served in the North Carolina House of Representatives including as Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives. He also served as Attorney General of North Carolina.

Biography
Zeb V. Walser was born at Yadkin College, North Carolina on June 17, 1866. He was admitted to the bar in 1886 and began practicing law in Lexington, North Carolina. He attended Yadkin College, the University of North Carolina, and the University of Michigan Law School. He was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1888, and to the North Carolina Senate in 1890. In 1894, Walser was again elected to the state House, which elected him Speaker for one term after Republicans and Populists formed a majority in a Fusionist controlled legislature.

In 1896, Walser was elected North Carolina Attorney General, and as of 2024, remains the last Republican to have been elected to that office. In 1900, he became official reporter for the North Carolina Supreme Court.

In 1912, Walser served as state campaign manager for Theodore Roosevelt's unsuccessful presidential campaign.

He died in Lexington on February 17, 1940, at age 76.