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Edward Carrington Venable
U.S. Representative from Virginia

Edward Carrington Venable

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U.S. Representative from Virginia
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Gender
Male
Place of birth
Prince Edward County, Virginia, U.S.A.
Place of death
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
Age
55 years
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Biography

Edward Carrington Venable (January 31, 1853 – December 8, 1908) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.

Biography

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.

Electoral history

1888; Venable was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with 43.08% of the vote, defeating Republicans John Mercer Langston and R. W. Arnold but the election was contested and Langston was seated.

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