for Governor of Delaware, losing to David Hall, the Democratic-Republican candidate. Hall was another veteran of the American Revolution who ran a campaign critical of Mitchell's alleged deistic Anglicanism. Mitchell lost heavily Presbyterian New Castle County by just enough votes to overcome his wide margins elsewhere. Three years later, in 1804 he was successful, beating Joseph Haslet, the Democratic-Republican candidate. Mitchell served as Governor of Delaware from January 15, 1805 until January 19, 1808. Death and legacy Mitchell died at his home at Laurel. He may have been buried there at first, but was later removed to Christ Church, and is buried in the Broad Creek Episcopal Graveyard, near Laurel. Hannah, Nathaniel Mitchell's widow, later married Colonel Manaen Bull, a British soldier who became a resident of Laurel after the American Revolution. He had the first store there, on the northwest corner of Delaware Avenue and Market Street. They lived near Trap Pond. Unlike Mitchell, Bull was a Democratic-Republican and ran for Governor of Delaware in 1816 and 1819, losing to John Clark and Henry Molleston. No known portrait exists of Nathaniel Mitchell. Almanac Elections were held the first Tuesday of October and members of the General Assembly took office the first Tuesday of January. The General Assembly elected the Continental Congressmen for a term of one year, State senators had a three-year term and state representatives had a one-year term. The governor takes office the third Tuesday of January and had a three-year term. References External links Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Delaware’s Governors Find a Grave The Political Graveyard Society of the Cincinnati American Revolution Institute Places with more information Delaware Historical Society; website; 505 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801; (302) 655-7161 University of Delaware; Library website; 181 South College Avenue, Newark, Delaware 19717; (302) 831-2965 1753 births 1814 deaths 18th-century American Episcopalians 19th-century American Episcopalians People from Georgetown, Delaware Delaware lawyers Delaware Federalists Continental Army officers from Delaware Continental Congressmen from Delaware 18th-century American politicians Members of the Delaware House of Representatives Delaware state senators Governors of Delaware Burials in Sussex County, Delaware Federalist Party state governors of the United States People of colonial Delaware 19th-century American lawyers