Nathan Gaither (September 15, 1788 – August 12, 1862) was a
U.S. Representative
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from
Kentucky
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.
Born near
Mocksville, North Carolina, Gaither completed preparatory studies.
He attended Bardstown College.
He studied medicine.
He was graduated from Jefferson Medical College and began practice in
Columbia, Kentucky
Columbia is a home rule-class city just above Russell Creek in Adair County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 4,452 at the 2010 census. Columbia is the seat of its county.
History
The area was settled by Daniel Trabue. The ...
.
He served as assistant surgeon in the War of 1812.
He served as member of the State house of representatives 1815–1818.
Gaither was elected as a Jacksonian to the
Twenty-first and
Twenty-second Congresses (March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection 1832 to the
Twenty-third Congress.
He served as delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1849.
He was again a member of the State house of representatives 1855–1857.
He resumed the practice of medicine.
He died in
Columbia, Kentucky
Columbia is a home rule-class city just above Russell Creek in Adair County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 4,452 at the 2010 census. Columbia is the seat of its county.
History
The area was settled by Daniel Trabue. The ...
, August 12, 1862.
He was interred in Columbia Cemetery.
The
Dr. Nathan Gaither House, at 100 S. High St. in Columbia, was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1979.
References
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1788 births
1862 deaths
People from Mocksville, North Carolina
Thomas Jefferson University alumni
American military personnel of the War of 1812
Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky
19th-century American legislators