LittleSis: Bruce Armistead Smathers

Bruce Armistead Smathers, former Florida secretary of state. Born in 1943 in Miami, he comes from a long line of Floridians. His great-grandfather, Col. S.A. Jones, came to Tampa on Christmas Day, 1876, when there were only 700 people living there. His maternal grandfather, John Townley, arrived in Miami in 1896, opening the first pharmacy and the second movie tent in what is now Miami-Dade County. His father, George A. Smathers, came to Miami as a child of 6 years in 1919, and subsequently became a member of Congress (1947 to 1950) and a United States senator (1951 to 1968). Bruce Smathers was a member of the Florida State Senate from 1972 to 1975 and then was elected to and served as secretary of state of Florida from 1975 to 1978. He is a longtime supporter and advocate for St. Augustine as the nation's first permanent settlement. He is also a member of Florida Historical Society. He earned a degree in economics from Yale and a law degree from University of Florida. A NROTC graduate, he joined Underwater Demolition Team 11, served with Naval Special Warfare Pacific and is a decorated Vietnam War veteran.

Donor	Common Recipients
Benedict Kuehne	Alcee Lamar Hastings, John Kerry, Ron Klein, Tim Mahoney, Bill Nelson, Bill Bradley, Christine Jennings, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida, Betty Castor
Michael W Kempner	John Kerry, Ron Klein, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Mark Udall, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Bill Bradley, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida
Stuart Z Grossman	Corrine Brown, John Kerry, Ron Klein, Tim Mahoney, Bill Nelson, Bill Bradley, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida, Karen L Thurman
David E Quint	Alcee Lamar Hastings, John Kerry, Ron Klein, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Bob Graham, Christine Jennings, Betty Castor
Jack Scarola	Alcee Lamar Hastings, John Kerry, Ron Klein, Tim Mahoney, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Bill Bradley, Betty Castor
William M Webster IV	Alcee Lamar Hastings, John Kerry, Ron Klein, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Bill Bradley, Christine Jennings, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida
Marc Winkelman	Alcee Lamar Hastings, John Kerry, Ron Klein, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Mark Udall, Bill Bradley, Betty Castor
Frederick H Schultz	Ander Crenshaw, John Kerry, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Bill Bradley, Bob Graham, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida, Betty Castor
George Feldenkreis	Alcee Lamar Hastings, John Kerry, Bill Nelson, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Bill Bradley, Bob Graham, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida
Amy Rothschild Friedkin	Alcee Lamar Hastings, John Kerry, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Mark Udall, Bob Graham, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida
Thomas A Barron	John Kerry, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Mark Udall, Bill Bradley, Bob Graham, William G Shafroth, Sal Pace
Jon S Corzine	John Kerry, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Mark Udall, Bill Bradley, Bob Graham, William G Shafroth, Betty Castor
Michael I Abrams	John Kerry, Ron Klein, Bill Nelson, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Bill Bradley, Bob Graham, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida, Karen L Thurman
Kirk Wagar	John Kerry, Ron Klein, Tim Mahoney, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Christine Jennings, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida, Betty Castor
Preston Haskell	Corrine Brown, Ander Crenshaw, Ron Klein, Bill Nelson, Tillie Kidd Fowler, Bill Bradley, Bob Graham, Karen L Thurman
Herbert Sandler	John Kerry, Ron Klein, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Mark Udall, Bill Bradley, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida, Betty Castor
Elaine Schuster	John Kerry, Ron Klein, Tim Mahoney, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Christine Jennings, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida, Betty Castor
Sara Adler	John Kerry, Ron Klein, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Mark Udall, Bob Graham, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida, Betty Castor
Patricia Kessler	John Kerry, Ron Klein, Tim Mahoney, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida, Moving America Forward, Betty Castor
Edward E Haddock Jr	Corrine Brown, Alcee Lamar Hastings, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Bill Bradley, Bob Graham, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida, Betty Castor

Donor

Common Recipients

Benedict Kuehne

Alcee Lamar Hastings, John Kerry, Ron Klein, Tim Mahoney, Bill Nelson, Bill Bradley, Christine Jennings, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida, Betty Castor

Michael W Kempner

John Kerry, Ron Klein, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Mark Udall, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Bill Bradley, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida

Stuart Z Grossman

Corrine Brown, John Kerry, Ron Klein, Tim Mahoney, Bill Nelson, Bill Bradley, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida, Karen L Thurman

David E Quint

Alcee Lamar Hastings, John Kerry, Ron Klein, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Bob Graham, Christine Jennings, Betty Castor

Jack Scarola

Alcee Lamar Hastings, John Kerry, Ron Klein, Tim Mahoney, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Bill Bradley, Betty Castor