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Note: This is just one of
1,164
family groupings listed on
The Political Graveyard web site.
These families each have three or more politician members,
all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.
These groupings — even the names of the groupings,
and the areas of main activity — are the
result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,
not the choices of any historian or genealogist.
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William Howell Smathers (1891-1955) —
also known as William H. Smathers —
of Margate City, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born near Waynesville, Haywood
County, N.C., January
7, 1891.
Democrat. Lawyer;
common pleas court judge in New Jersey, 1922; member of New
Jersey state senate from Atlantic County, 1935-37; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1936,
1940,
1948;
U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1937-43; defeated, 1942.
Died in a hospital
at Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., September
24, 1955 (age 64 years, 260
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Waynesville, N.C.
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George Armistead Smathers (1913-2007) —
also known as George A. Smathers; "Georgeous
George" —
of Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., November
14, 1913.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Florida 4th District, 1947-51; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1951-69; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1952
(alternate; member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1956
(alternate), 1968;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1960,
1968;
lobbyist.
Methodist;
later United
Church of Christ. Member, Jaycees;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Suffered a stroke,
and subsequently died, in Indian Creek, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., January
20, 2007 (age 93 years, 67
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Bruce Armistead Smathers (b. 1943) —
also known as Bruce A. Smathers —
of Florida.
Born in Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., October
3, 1943.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer; secretary
of state of Florida, 1975-78; candidate for Governor of
Florida, 1978; lobbyist.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2000.
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