Edward Carrington Venable
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Edward Carrington Venable (January 31, 1853 - December 8, 1908) was a U.S. Representative
from Virginia
.
Born near Hampden-Sydney, in Prince Edward
, Virginia
, Venable attended the local school, McCabe's University High School, Petersburg, Virginia
, and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville. He taught school for three years, and then returned to Petersburg in 1876 and engaged in mercantile pursuits.
He served as delegate to the Democratic State convention in 1886, and presented credentials as a Democratic
Member-elect to the Fifty-first Congress
and served from March 4, 1889, to September 23, 1890, when he was succeeded by John M. Langston, who successfully contested his election.
After losing reelection, Venable resumed his former business pursuits. He died in Baltimore, Maryland, December 8, 1908 and was interred in Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Virginia
.
United States House of Representatives
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from Virginia
Virginia
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.
Born near Hampden-Sydney, in Prince Edward
Prince Edward County, Virginia
Prince Edward County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of 2010, the population was 23,368. Its county seat is Farmville.-Formation and County Seats:...
, Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
, Venable attended the local school, McCabe's University High School, Petersburg, Virginia
Petersburg, Virginia
Petersburg is an independent city in Virginia, United States located on the Appomattox River and south of the state capital city of Richmond. The city's population was 32,420 as of 2010, predominantly of African-American ethnicity...
, and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville. He taught school for three years, and then returned to Petersburg in 1876 and engaged in mercantile pursuits.
He served as delegate to the Democratic State convention in 1886, and presented credentials as a Democratic
Democratic Party (United States)
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Member-elect to the Fifty-first Congress
51st United States Congress
The Fifty-first United States Congress, referred to by some critics as the Billion Dollar Congress, was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C...
and served from March 4, 1889, to September 23, 1890, when he was succeeded by John M. Langston, who successfully contested his election.
After losing reelection, Venable resumed his former business pursuits. He died in Baltimore, Maryland, December 8, 1908 and was interred in Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Virginia
Petersburg, Virginia
Petersburg is an independent city in Virginia, United States located on the Appomattox River and south of the state capital city of Richmond. The city's population was 32,420 as of 2010, predominantly of African-American ethnicity...
.