Jacobus Johannes Venter
South African (Boer) statesman
Jacobus Johannes Venter | |
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Chairman of the Joint Commission for Administering the Government of the Orange Free State | |
In office 10 February 1855 – 27 August 1855 | |
Preceded by | Josias Philip Hoffman As State President of the Orange Free State |
Succeeded by | Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff As State President of the Orange Free State |
Acting State President of the Orange Free State | |
In office 15 December 1859 – 8 February 1860 | |
Preceded by | Esaias Reynier Snijman (Acting) |
Succeeded by | Marthinus Wessel Pretorius |
In office 20 June 1863 – 2 February 1864 | |
Preceded by | Joseph Allison (Acting) |
Succeeded by | Johannes Brand |
Member of the Volksraad of the Orange Free State | |
Personal details | |
Born | March 21, 1814 |
Died | January 18, 1889 Bloemfontein ![]() |
Jacobus Johannes Venter (1814–1889) was a South African (Boer) statesman. He was a member of the Volksraad of the Orange Free State, chairman of the Joint Commission for Administering the Government in 1855 and served as Acting State President in 1859 – 1860 and again in 1863 – 1864.[1][2]
Five towns in South Africa were named after the Venter clan: Ventersdorp, Venterstad, Venterspos, Ventersburg and Ventershoop.
References
- Muller, H.P.N. (1907). Oude tyden in den Oranje-Vrystaat. Naar Mr. H.A.L. Hamelberg's nagelaten papieren beschreven. Leiden: E.J. Brill. pp. 383p.
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Provisional Government
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- Jacobus Groenendaal
- Josias Philip Hoffman
- Jacobus Johannes Venter
- Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff
- Esaias Reynier Snijman
- Jacobus Johannes Venter
- Marthinus Wessel Pretorius
- Jacobus Johannes Venter
- Johannes Henricus Brand
- Just Friedrich Rudolph Kaufmann Höhne
- Executive Committee
- W. Collins
- F.P. Schnehage
- G.J. du Toit
- Pieter Jeremias Blignaut
- Francis William Reitz
- Pieter Jeremias Blignaut
- Martinus Theunis Steyn
- Christiaan de Wet
Those in italics were Acting State Presidents
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