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
Hugh Westbrook	Alcee Lamar Hastings, John Kerry, Ron Klein, Tim Mahoney, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Mark Udall, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Bill Bradley, Bob Graham, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida, Betty Castor, Karen L Thurman
Arthur H Hertz	Alcee Lamar Hastings, John Kerry, Ron Klein, Tim Mahoney, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Bill Bradley, Bob Graham, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida, Betty Castor, Karen L Thurman
Richard D Fain	Corrine Brown, Ander Crenshaw, Alcee Lamar Hastings, John Kerry, Ron Klein, Bill Nelson, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Mark Udall, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Bob Graham, Moving America Forward, Karen L Thurman
Mary Barley	Alcee Lamar Hastings, John Kerry, Ron Klein, Tim Mahoney, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Mark Udall, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Christine Jennings, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida, Moving America Forward
Adelaide A Sink	Alcee Lamar Hastings, John Kerry, Ron Klein, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Bill Bradley, Bob Graham, Christine Jennings, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida, Betty Castor, Karen L Thurman
Alfonso Fanjul, Jr.	Corrine Brown, Alcee Lamar Hastings, John Kerry, Ron Klein, Tim Mahoney, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Bob Graham, Christine Jennings, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida, Karen L Thurman
John B Morgan	Corrine Brown, John Kerry, Ron Klein, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Bill Bradley, Bob Graham, Christine Jennings, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida, Betty Castor, Karen L Thurman
Ronald M Ansin	John Kerry, Ron Klein, Tim Mahoney, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Mark Udall, Bill Bradley, Bob Graham, Christine Jennings, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida, Betty Castor
Andrew Tobias	John Kerry, Ron Klein, Tim Mahoney, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Mark Udall, Bill Bradley, Bob Graham, Christine Jennings, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida, Betty Castor
Adrienne Arsht	John Kerry, Ron Klein, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Mark Udall, Bill Bradley, Bob Graham, Christine Jennings, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida, Betty Castor, Karen L Thurman
Paul Tudor Jones II	Alcee Lamar Hastings, John Kerry, Ron Klein, Tim Mahoney, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Mark Udall, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida, William G Shafroth, Betty Castor
Wayne Hogan	Corrine Brown, John Kerry, Ron Klein, Tim Mahoney, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Mark Udall, Bob Graham, Christine Jennings, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida, Betty Castor
Mitchell Berger	Alcee Lamar Hastings, John Kerry, Ron Klein, Tim Mahoney, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Mark Udall, Bob Graham, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida, Betty Castor
S Daniel Abraham	Alcee Lamar Hastings, John Kerry, Ron Klein, Tim Mahoney, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Bill Bradley, Bob Graham, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida, Betty Castor
Harriet Zimmerman	Alcee Lamar Hastings, John Kerry, Ron Klein, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Mark Udall, Bill Bradley, Bob Graham, Christine Jennings, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida
Cesar L Alvarez	Corrine Brown, John Kerry, Ron Klein, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Bill Bradley, Bob Graham, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida, Betty Castor
Michael M Adler	Alcee Lamar Hastings, John Kerry, Ron Klein, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Bill Bradley, Bob Graham, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida, Betty Castor
Gary Pajcic	Corrine Brown, Ander Crenshaw, John Kerry, Ron Klein, Bill Nelson, Bill Bradley, Bob Graham, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida, Betty Castor, Karen L Thurman
Craig Robins	John Kerry, Ron Klein, Tim Mahoney, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Bob Graham, Christine Jennings, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida
Frank Brunckhorst	John Kerry, Ron Klein, Tim Mahoney, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Mark Udall, Christine Jennings, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida, Moving America Forward, Betty Castor

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Hugh Westbrook