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font-family:garamond,serif;">Venable</p> <table width=100%><tr><td valign="top"> <a name="VENABLE"> </a> <table border width=100% cellpadding=5><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><b>VENABLE</b> <small>(<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/soundex/v.html#V514">Soundex V514</a>) — <i>See also</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/abbra-abzug.html#ABLE">ABLE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/abbra-abzug.html#ABOMINABLE">ABOMINABLE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alt-amersoon.html#ALVENA">ALVENA</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/amick-andersen.html#ANABLE">ANABLE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/andridge-anstine.html#ANNABLE">ANNABLE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/appling-archambault.html#ARAVENA">ARAVENA</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cavarly-chaka.html#CAVENAUGH">CAVENAUGH</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/comte-conditt.html#CONABLE">CONABLE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conlan-connellan.html#CONNABLE">CONNABLE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#CRKVENAC">CRKVENAC</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/emest-engle.html#ENABNIT">ENABNIT</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kaufmann-keast.html#KAVENAUGH">KAVENAUGH</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/muller-mumper.html#MULVENA">MULVENA</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schmitt-schneid.html#SCHNABLE">SCHNABLE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/speranza-sprafka.html#SPONABLE">SPONABLE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/valerius-vancamp.html#VANBAEL">VANBAEL</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/veach-veltri.html#VENA">VENA</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/venables-vermillion.html#VENABLES">VENABLES</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/venables-vermillion.html#VENANCIO">VENANCIO</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/venables-vermillion.html#VENARD">VENARD</a>.</small> </td></tr></table><br clear="all"> <table align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>VENABLE:</b> <i>See also</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen4.html#221.44.29">George Venable Allen</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown1.html#929.88.80">Aaron Venable Brown</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hobby-hodgdon.html#976.51.63">William Adam Hocker</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson7.html#203.67.15">Paul Burney Johnson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kelley.html#754.43.16">John Inzer Kelley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/resa-reynold.html#892.39.68">Sara Venable Hughes Revercomb</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="906.00.50">Venable, Abraham Bedford</a> (1758-1811)</b> — of Virginia. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/PE-born.html">Prince Edward County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1758/11-20.html">November 20, 1758</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a>, 1791-99 (6th District 1791-93, 7th District 1793-97, at-large 1797-99); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Virginia</a>, 1803-04. Slaveowner. Perished in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/theaters.html">theater</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/fire.html">fire</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/rm-died.html">Richmond</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1811/12-26.html">December 26, 1811</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 36 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/rm-buried.html#cms01238">Monumental Church</a>, Richmond, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Uncle of <a href="#878.50.28">Abraham Watkins Venable</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000083">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411139">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="878.50.28">Venable, Abraham Watkins</a> (1799-1876)</b> — of North Carolina. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/PE-born.html">Prince Edward County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1799/10-17.html">October 17, 1799</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a> 5th District, 1847-53; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/cpdel.html">Delegate from North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress</a>, 1861-62. Slaveowner. Died in Oxford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GR-died.html">Granville County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/02-24.html">February 24, 1876</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 130 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GR-buried.html#cms01237">Shiloh Presbyterian Churchyard</a>, Oxford, N.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Nephew of <a href="#906.00.50">Abraham Bedford Venable</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000084">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411140">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="711.19.38">Venable, Burt</a></b> — of Payette, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/PA-lived.html">Payette County</a>, Idaho. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/payette.html">Mayor of Payette, Idaho</a>, 1915-17. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="338.57.02">Venable, Charles E.</a></b> — of Delaware. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> 32nd District, 1998. Still living as of 1998. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="977.11.88">Venable, Charles S.</a></b> — of San Antonio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BX-lived.html">Bexar County</a>, Tex. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/TX.html">1944</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="807.88.70">Venable, Edward Carrington</a> (1853-1908)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/pb-lived.html">Petersburg</a>, Va. Born in Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/index.html">1853</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1888/VA.html">1888</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> 4th District, 1889-91; delegate to Gold Democrat National Convention from Virginia, 1896. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/index.html">1908</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">about 55 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/pb-buried.html#cms01236">Blandford Cemetery</a>, Petersburg, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000085">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411141">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="945.25.70">Venable, J. W.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 2nd District, 1873-75. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="328.68.37">Venable, Jack</a></b> — of Wetumpka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/EL-lived.html">Elmore County</a>, Ala. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/AL.html">1968</a>. Still living as of 1968. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="558.45.83">Venable, Peggy</a></b> — of Austin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TV-lived.html">Travis County</a>, Tex. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2004/TX.html">2004</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="105.20.33">Venable, Rich T.</a></b> — of Clearfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/DA-lived.html">Davis County</a>, Utah. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/ofc/clearfield.html#2">Clearfield, Utah</a>, 1901. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="894.78.44">Venable, W. H.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/no-lived.html">Norfolk</a>, Va. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/VA.html">1912</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="090.94.49">Venable, William</a></b> — of Macomb, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MD-lived.html">McDonough County</a>, Ill. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/IL.html">1880</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="355.06.50">Venable, William Webb</a> (1880-1948)</b> — also known as <b>William W. Venable</b> — of Meridian, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/LA-lived.html">Lauderdale County</a>, Miss. Born in Mississippi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/index.html">1880</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Mississippi</a> 5th District, 1916-21. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/08-01.html">August 1, 1948</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">about 68 years</a>). 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