district residence predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place party profession term_end birth_date term_start spouse article_title state name alma_mater
at-large dover , delaware william temple john a. nicholson 16 january 1896 dover , delaware dover , delaware republican lawyer march 4 , 1865 8 october 1818 december 7 , 1863 mary smithers nathaniel b. smithers
 delaware nathaniel b. smithers lafayette college
nathaniel b. smithers

nathaniel barratt smithers -lrb- october 8 , 1818 -- january 16 , 1896 -rrb- was a was an american lawyer and politician from dover , in kent county , delaware .
he was a member of the republican party , who served as u. s. representative from delaware .
