Editing Smyrna, Delaware (section)

==Notable people ==
* [[Jacob M. Appel]] (born 1973), author, wrote ''[[The Topless Widow of Herkimer Street]]'' while living in Smyrna<ref>''Literary Digest'', March 2017, P. 14</ref>
* [[Billy Bailey]] (1947–1996), convicted murderer, last person (as of April 2022) to be hanged in US (1996)
* [[Edward G. Budd]], founder of the automotive, railroad and aviation manufacturing firm, [[Budd Company|The Budd Company]], [[Philadelphia]]
*[[George David Cummins|George D. Cummins]], founder and first Bishop of the [[Reformed Episcopal Church]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Cummins|first=George David|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EazVAAAAMAAJ|title=Memoir of George David Cummins, D.D.: First Bishop of the Reformed Episcopal Church|date=1878|publisher=Dodd, Mead|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Sug Daniels]], singer-songwriter
*[[Carl E. Grammer]] (1858-1944), Evangelical Episcopal priest and author
* [[John Bassett Moore]], international lawyer, 23rd Assistant United States Secretary of State<ref>{{Cite web|title=Assistant Secretaries of State, 1853–1924|url=https://1997-2001.state.gov/www/about_state/history/officers/asec5324.html|access-date=September 8, 2020|website=1997-2001.state.gov}}</ref>
* [[Robert J. Reynolds]],<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|title=Governor of Delaware|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Governor_of_Delaware|access-date=September 8, 2020|website=Ballotpedia|language=en}}</ref> 47th [[Governor of Delaware]]
* [[Michael Scuse]], acting [[United States Secretary of Agriculture]]
* [[Presley Spruance]], United States Senator of Delaware 1847–1853<ref>{{Cite web|title=List of United States Senators from Delaware|url=https://ballotpedia.org/List_of_United_States_Senators_from_Delaware|access-date=September 8, 2020|website=Ballotpedia|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Chuck Wicks]], country music singer and ''[[Dancing with the Stars (US TV series)|Dancing with the Stars]]'' contestant
* [[John B. Maberry|John B. Mayberry]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=John B. Mayberry {{!}} U.S. Civil War {{!}} U.S. Army {{!}} Medal of Honor Recipient|url=https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/john-b-mayberry|access-date=September 8, 2020|website=Congressional Medal of Honor Society|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Mayberry, John B|url=https://mohmuseum.org/medal_of_honor/mayberry-john-b/|access-date=September 8, 2020|website=The National Medal of Honor Museum|language=en-US}}</ref> Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient for actions at the Battle Of Gettysburg
* [[John H. Hoffecker]],<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=List of United States Representatives from Delaware|url=https://ballotpedia.org/List_of_United_States_Representatives_from_Delaware|access-date=September 8, 2020|website=Ballotpedia|language=en}}</ref> United States Congressman for Delaware
* [[Walter O. Hoffecker]]<ref name=":2"/> United States Congressman for Delaware
* [[L. Irving Handy|Levin I. Handy]],<ref name=":2"/> United States Congressman for Delaware
* [[John Cook (governor)|John Cook]], sixth President of Delaware (1782–1783)  [Some Governors were referred to as "Presidents" of their state prior to the ratification of the Constitution which established the U.S. Presidency]<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=government – When and how did the presidents of states became governors in the U.S.A?|url=https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/27979/when-and-how-did-the-presidents-of-states-became-governors-in-the-u-s-a|access-date=September 8, 2020|website=History Stack Exchange}}</ref>
* [[Thomas Collins (governor)|Thomas Collins]],<ref name=":4" /> 8th President of Delaware (1786–1789) [Some Governors were referred to as "Presidents" of their state prior to the ratification of the Constitution which established the U.S. Presidency]<ref name=":3" />
* [[John Clark (Delaware governor)|John Clark]],<ref name=":4" /> 20th Governor of Delaware
* [[William Temple (politician)|William Temple]],<ref name=":2" /> 35th Governor of Delaware (1846–1847) [Youngest Governor in Delaware's history at 32], United States Congressman for Delaware (1863–1863 died in office)
* [[Frances Van Gasken]] (1860–1939), physician and suffragist
* [[James Williams (Delaware politician)|James Williams]],<ref name=":2"/> United States Congressman for Delaware (1875–1879)
* [[Roosevelt Wardell]], acclaimed jazz pianist who recorded with [[Sam Jones (musician)|Sam Jones]] and [[Louis Hayes]]