Note: This is just one of 1,130 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.

	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.   Relatives: Son of Dr. Benjamin Franklin Smathers and Laura (Howell) Smathers; married 1917 to Syd Brady (divorced 1934); married to Mary Jane Foley; uncle of George Armistead Smathers (1913-2007); granduncle of Bruce Armistead Smathers.   Political family: Smathers family of Miami, Florida.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
	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.   Relatives: Son of Franklin Smathers and Lura (Jones) Smathers; married, March 19, 1939, to Rosemary Townley (divorced 1971); married, January 4, 1974, to Carolyn Hyder; father of Bruce Armistead Smathers (1943-); nephew of William Howell Smathers.   Political family: Smathers family of Miami, Florida.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail   Books about George Smathers: James C. Clark, Red Pepper and Gorgeous George: Claude Pepper's Epic Defeat in the 1950 Democratic Primary
	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 in primary for Governor of Florida, 1978; lobbyist. Presbyterian. Still living as of 2000.   Relatives: Son of George Armistead Smathers and Rosemary (Townley) Smathers; married to Nancy McDowell; grandnephew of William Howell Smathers (1891-1955).   Political family: Smathers family of Miami, Florida.   See also Wikipedia article