Venancio Antonio Morin

Venancio Antonio Morín (1 April 1843 – 28 September 1919) was a Venezuelan military officer and politician. Morín supported the federalists during the Federal War and later Joaquín Crespo and yellow liberalism on several occasions, playing significant military role in the region, participating in the April Revolution, the Legalist Revolution, and quelling uprisings against Crespo. He also held several political positions, including as a member of the Supreme Court, civil and military chief of the Monagas district (in Guárico state), and deputy to the Constituent Assembly for Miranda state.

Career Morín was born in San Francisco Javier de Lezama, Guárico state, on 1 April 1843. He served in various political and municipal functions after elections in 1863 and 1864. During the Federal War he supported the federalist side, and in 1864 he captured General Desiderio Escobar, who was traveling through the towns of Altagracia de Orituco to overthrow the president of Guárico State, Zoilo Medrano. During the April Revolution, he assisted General Natividad Solórzano on the liberal side to penetrate the defenses of the town of Lazama up to the town square on 25 February 1870. He subsequently attended the constitutional congresses of 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897 and the extraordinary congress of 1894. He died in Altagracia de Orituco on 28 September 1919.