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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Abraham W. Venable |
| Email | None |
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October 17, 1799
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| Died | February 24, 1876
(76 years)
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
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| Info | VENABLE, Abraham Watkins, (nephew of Abraham Bedford Venable), a Representative from North Carolina; born in Springfield, Prince Edward County, Va., October 17, 1799; was graduated from Hampden-Sidney (Va.) College in 1816; studied medicine for two years; was graduated from Princeton College in 1819; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1821 and commenced practice in Prince Edward and Mecklenburg Counties, Va.; moved to North Carolina in 1829.
U.S. Representative (D-NC) 1847-1853; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1853.
Presidential Elector (Southern D-NC) 1860.
Delegate to the Provisional Confederate Congress in 1861
Died in Oxford, N.C., on February 24, 1876; interment in the Shiloh Presbyterian Churchyard, Granville County, N.C.
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