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4 unusual facts about Abraham B. Venable


Abraham B. Venable

He served as chairman of the Committee on Elections in the fourth congress.

He later got involved in politics and was elected to the second congress, serving from 1791 to 1799.

He was later elected to the senate to fill a vacancy, serving from 1803 to 1804 when he resigned to become president of Bank of Virginia.

Abraham Venable

Abraham B. Venable (1758–1811), U.S. Congressman and Senator from Virginia


Abraham B. Gardner

Gardner then studied law and became an attorney and business owner in Bennington, Vermont, including serving as President of the Eagle Square Manufacturing Company and the Bennington and Rutland Railroad.

Abraham B. Hasbrouck

Hasbrouck was elected as an Adams man to the 19th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1825, to March 3, 1827.

Abraham B. Tappen

He was a New York City Park Commissioner from 1891 to 1895, appointed by Mayor Hugh J. Grant to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Waldo Hutchins, and re-appointed to a full five-year term, but removed from office by Mayor William L. Strong.

Charles L. Venable

Venable also served five years (2002–2007) as deputy director of the Cleveland Museum of Art and then five years as the Director of the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, KY.

William Venable

William W. Venable (1880–1948), U.S. Representative from Mississippi

William W. Venable

He was reelected to the Sixty-fifth and Sixty-sixth Congresses and served from January 4, 1916, to March 3, 1921.

Venable was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Samuel A. Witherspoon.


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