FYI to the List: ============================================== SMITHERS, Nathaniel Barratt (1818-1896) Born in Dover, Del., October 8, 1818. Secretary of state of Delaware, 1863; U.S. Representative from Delaware at-large, 1863-65; member of Republican National Committee from Delaware, 1866-68; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1868. Died in Dover, Del., January 16, 1896. Interment at Old Methodist or Whatcoat Cemetery, Dover, Del. (See also his congressional biography.) SMITHERS, Nathaniel Barratt, a Representative from Delaware; born in Dover, Del., October 8, 1818; was graduated from Lafayette College, Pennsylvania, in 1836; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Dover, Del., in 1840; secretary of State of Delaware January 20 to November 23, 1863; elected as an Unconditional Unionist to the Thirty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William Temple and served from December 7, 1863, to March 3, 1865; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1864 to the Thirty-ninth Congress; resumed the practice of law in Dover; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1864; died in Dover, Kent County, Del., January 16, 1896; interment in the Old Methodist Cemetery. For a FREE searchable site see for past congressmen, etc.: http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp ================================================ Happy Holidays to all Bill Smothers Delaware