2004 Challenging incumbent Democratic Senator Robert Venables, Sr., Short was unopposed for the Delaware Senate District 21 September 11, 2004 Republican Primary but lost the November 2, 2004 General election.
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After the New Model Army under Cromwell captured Drogheda, a force of several thousand Parliamentarians under Robert Venables headed north into Ulster, where Coote joined Venables to destroy the Scottish Ulster Royalists at the Battle of Lisnagarvey.
1655 is a significant year in British colonisation of the West Indies for its forces under Admiral Sir William Penn and General Robert Venables seized the Spanish island of Jamaica, full colonisation commencing in 1661.