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George Smathers
Smathers, c. 1964
Chair of the Senate Small Business Committee
In office January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969
Preceded by
John Sparkman
Succeeded by
Alan Bible
Chair of the Senate Aging Committee
In office January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967
Preceded by
Patrick V. McNamara
Succeeded by
Harrison A. Williams
Secretary of the Senate Democratic Conference
In office September 13, 1960 – January 3, 1967
Leader
Lyndon B. Johnson Mike Mansfield
Preceded by
Thomas Hennings
Succeeded by
Robert Byrd
United States Senator from Florida
In office January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1969
Preceded by
Claude Pepper
Succeeded by
Edward Gurney
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 4th district
In office January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1951
Preceded by
Pat Cannon
Succeeded by
Bill Lantaff
Personal details
Born
George Armistead Smathers
(1913-11-14)November 14, 1913 Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
Died
January 20, 2007(2007-01-20) (aged 93) Indian Creek, Florida, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouses
Rosemary Townley
(m. 1939; div. 1971)
Carolyn Hyder
(m. 1972)
Children
2, including Bruce
Education
University of Florida (BA, LLB)
Military service
Allegiance
United States
Branch/service
United States Marine Corps
Years of service
1942–1945
Battles/wars
World War II
George Armistead Smathers (November 14, 1913 – January 20, 2007) was an American lawyer and politician from the state of Florida who served in both chambers of the United States Congress, the United States House of Representatives from 1947 to 1951 and the United States Senate from 1951 to 1969. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
United States Senate. Frank Smathers moved his family to Miami, Florida, when GeorgeSmathers was six in 1920. Smathers would attend Miami Senior High...
/ 24.551193°N 81.771798°W / 24.551193; -81.771798 Smathers Beach is named after GeorgeSmathers (1913-2007), a U.S. Senator for Florida and friend of...
then-U.S. House Representative GeorgeSmathers began to seriously contemplate running for the senate seat. Truman called Smathers into a White House meeting...
Pepper, financed his opponent, U.S. Representative George A. Smathers. A former supporter of Pepper, Smathers repeatedly attacked "Red Pepper" for having far-left...
Representative Nixon in 1950 through Florida Representative GeorgeSmathers. Smathers had recommended Key Biscayne as a vacation destination to Nixon...
Branigin – 238,700 (3.17%) GeorgeSmathers – 236,242 (3.14%) Scott Kelly – 128,899 (1.71%) Minor candidates and write-ins: George Wallace – 34,489 (0.46%)...
to Washington, D.C., to work as secretary for United States Senator GeorgeSmathers (D-FL). She joined the secretarial staff of Senator Robert F. Kennedy...
November 6, 1956. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator GeorgeSmathers won re-election to a second term. Smathers' victory in the May 8 primary was tantamount to...
Proven Innocent Ron D'Angelo Television film 1991 A Woman Named Jackie GeorgeSmathers 2 episodes 1992 Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster Dennis Kelso...
Florida took place on November 6, 1962. Incumbent Democratic Senator GeorgeSmathers won re-election to a third term. As of 2023, this is the last time...
Congress on June 7, 2013. Upon the death of former Florida Senator GeorgeSmathers on January 20, 2007, Byrd became the last living United States senator...
Governor Herschel Loveless of Iowa George H. McLain of California Albert S. Porter of Ohio Senator GeorgeSmathers of Florida The following persons were...
favorite sons who were his surrogates, notably United States Senator George A. Smathers from Florida, United States Senator Stephen M. Young from Ohio, and...
Florida Law Review). A NROTC graduate, Smathers was commissioned as an Ensign in the United States Navy. Smathers received assignment to Naval Amphibious...
over Republican Representative Edwin H. May Jr. Incumbent Democrat GeorgeSmathers retired. After supporting Republicans during Reconstruction, Florida...
Hubert Humphrey from Minnesota Senator Wayne Morse from Oregon Senator GeorgeSmathers from Florida Former Governor Adlai Stevenson of Illinois The major...
Massachusetts Yea Hugh Scott R Pennsylvania Yea Milward Simpson R Wyoming Nay GeorgeSmathers D Florida Nay Margaret Chase Smith R Maine Yea John Sparkman D Alabama...
My Line? that aired on April 28, 1957. Guest panelist U.S. Senator GeorgeSmathers of Florida correctly guessed Piersall's identity. Piersall briefly...
Office (volume 4 Bicentennial ed.). U.S. Government Printing Office. Taft, George S. (1885). Compilation of Senate Election Cases from 1789 to 1885. United...
(R-VA) Former Senator Don Nickles (R-OK) Bob Schieffer Jack Valenti GeorgeSmathers Bryant Gumbel Barry Goldwater Bret Baier There are no women's locker...
practices for prescription drugs. Patrick V. McNamara (D-MI), 1961–1963 GeorgeSmathers (D-FL), 1963–1967 Harrison A. Williams (D-NJ), 1967–1971 Frank Church...
politics who had broken with Pepper, financed his opponent, Smathers. Prior to the entry of Smathers and Pepper, Orlando attorney James G. Horrell campaigned...
the Florida primary, which went to favorite son candidate Senator GeorgeSmathers. Collins served as chairman of the 1960 Democratic National Convention...
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