Nathan Gaither (September 15, 1788 – August 12, 1862) was a

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from

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. Born near

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, Gaither completed preparatory studies. He attended Bardstown College. He studied medicine. He was graduated from Jefferson Medical College and began practice in

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. 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

, 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

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in 1979.

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