Edward Carrington Venable

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.

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Edward Carrington Venable at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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Name	Venable, Edward Carrington
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Date of birth	January 31, 1853
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Date of death	December 8, 1908
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