Temple, William
merchant, state senator, governor, was born Feb. 28, 1815, in Queen Anne county, Md. In 1844 he was elected to the Delaware state legislature, and was speaker of the house. The governor of the state and president of the senate having died, he became acting-governor for the remainder of the term. During the next ten years he was a member of the state senate, and declined a reelection in 1854. He was elected a representative from Delaware to the thirtyeighth congress. He died in 1863 in Smyrna, Del.