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 Farmville, 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. He moved to Petersburg, Virginia, in 1876 and engaged in mercantile pursuits. He served as delegate to the Democratic State convention in 1886. 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. He resumed his former business pursuits. He died in Baltimore, Maryland, December 8, 1908. He was interred in Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Virginia.
