Abraham Watkins Venable

Abraham W. Venable
Portrait of Venable, c. 1850
Delegate to the
Provisional Confederate States Congress
from North Carolina
In office
July 20, 1861 – February 17, 1862
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from North Carolina's 5th district
In office
March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853
Preceded byJames C. Dobbin
Succeeded byJohn Kerr Jr.
Personal details
Born
Abraham Watkins Venable

(1799-10-17)October 17, 1799
Prince Edward County, Virginia, U.S.
DiedFebruary 24, 1876(1876-02-24) (aged 76)
Oxford, North Carolina, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Isabella Alston Brown
(m. 1824)
Relatives
Alma mater
Occupation
  • Lawyer
  • politician
  • planter

Abraham Watkins Venable (October 17, 1799 – February 24, 1876) was a 19th-century US politician and lawyer from North Carolina. He was an enslaver.[1] Venable was the nephew of congressman and senator Abraham B. Venable.

  1. ^ Weil, Julie Zauzmer; Blanco, Adrian; Dominguez, Leo (20 January 2022). "More than 1,700 congressmen once enslaved Black people. This is who they were and how they shaped the nation". Washington Post. Retrieved 30 January 2022.