Background
Venable, William Webb was born on September 25, 1880 in Clinton, Mississippi, United States. Son of Doctor R. A. and Fannie A. (Webb) Venable.
Venable, William Webb was born on September 25, 1880 in Clinton, Mississippi, United States. Son of Doctor R. A. and Fannie A. (Webb) Venable.
Educational public schools.
Served as county attorney, Lauderdale Company, Mississippi. Was district attorney, 10th Judicial District, and judge Circuit Court, same district. Elected to Congress to serve unexpired term of Honorary S. A. Witherspoon (deceased), 1916-1917, and reelected 65th and 66th Congresses (1917-1921), 5th Mississippi District.
Served as county attorney, Lauderdale Company, Mississippi.
Married Gowdyloch Johnston, of Meridian, Mississippi, March 25, 1914.