Abraham B. Venable

Abraham Bedford Venable
United States Senator
from Virginia
In office
December 7, 1803 – June 7, 1804
Preceded byJohn Taylor
Succeeded byWilliam Branch Giles
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Prince Edward County
In office
December 1, 1800–December 6, 1803
Preceded byCharles Scott
Succeeded byPeter Johnston
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 7th district
In office
March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1799
Preceded byJohn Page
Succeeded byJohn Randolph
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 6th district
In office
March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793
Preceded byIsaac Coles
Succeeded byIsaac Coles
Personal details
Born(1758-11-20)November 20, 1758
Prince Edward County, Virginia Colony, British America
DiedDecember 26, 1811(1811-12-26) (aged 53)
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Resting placeRichmond, Virginia
Political partyDemocratic-Republican
Other political
affiliations
Anti-Administration
ProfessionPolitician, Lawyer, Farmer, banker

Abraham Bedford Venable (November 20, 1758 – December 26, 1811) was a Virginia lawyer, planter and politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and briefly as U.S. Senator, as well as in the Virginia House of Delegates.[1]

  1. ^ Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography (1915), Vol 2, p. 886