1836-1840 Lessomby NANCE, Sr. - KY House of Representatives

1874 Albinus NANCE - Republican legislature for NE .

1876 Albinus NANCE - Chairman of the state delegation to the National Republican Convention, in Cincinnati, IL.

1877 Albinus NANCE - Speaker of the house of above.

1878 Albinus NANCE - Governer of IL (At the close of his second term as governer, he came close to being elected to the US senate.)

1894 Washington NANCE - Commissioner of Linn County IN, res. of Potosi Twp.,

1906-1912 Jesse NANCE - Taney County MO Treasurer

1907-190? Richard Lonidas NANCE - Arkansas Senate

1926 Albert M. NANCE - First Mayor of Rutledge, Grainger County, TN

1931–1933 John Nance Garner - 44th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

1933–1941 John Nance Garner - 32nd Vice President of the United States

1945, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1953 Elmer Songer NANCE - Kansas State House of Representatives as a Republican