William Webb Venable (September 25, 1880 – August 2, 1948) was a
U.S. Representative
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from
Mississippi
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.
Born in
Clinton, Mississippi
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History
Founded in 1823, Clinto ...
, Venable moved with his parents to
Memphis, Tennessee
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, returned to
Clinton, Mississippi
Clinton is a city in Hinds County, Mississippi, United States. Situated in the Jackson metropolitan area, it is the tenth largest city in Mississippi. The population was 28,100 at the 2020 United States census.
History
Founded in 1823, Clinto ...
, in 1891.
He attended public and private schools.
He was graduated from Mississippi College at Clinton in 1898, from the
University of Mississippi at Oxford
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in 1899, and from the law department of
Cumberland University
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History
1842-1861
The university was founded by the Cumberland ...
,
Lebanon, Tennessee
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, in 1905.
He was
admitted to the bar
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in 1905 and commenced practice in
Meridian, Mississippi
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.
He served as prosecuting attorney of Lauderdale County from April to October 1910, when he was appointed district attorney.
He served in the latter capacity until January 1, 1915, when he resigned.
He served as judge of the tenth judicial district of Mississippi from 1915 until his resignation in December 1916.
Venable was elected as a
Democrat
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to the
Sixty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Samuel A. Witherspoon.
He was reelected to the
Sixty-fifth and
Sixty-sixth Congresses and served from January 4, 1916, to March 3, 1921.
He was an unsuccessful for renomination.
Practiced law Clarksdale, Mississippi.
He died in
, August 2, 1948.
He was interred in Magnolia Cemetery,
Meridian, Mississippi
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.
References
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1880 births
1948 deaths
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Mississippi
Mississippi state court judges
20th-century American judges
20th-century American politicians