Secretary of State Bruce Smathers press releases, 1975-1978.

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Secretary of State Bruce Smathers press releases, 1975-1978.

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This series consists of a variety of official statements issued by Secretary Bruce Smathers to the press. In addition, there are press releases from July 1978 issued by Jessie J. McCrary as Secretary of State.

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Florida State Archive

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Florida State Archive

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Smathers, Bruce A.

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Bruce A. Smathers represented the Ninth District (Jacksonville) in the Florida Senate from 1972 to 1974. He resigned to seek the office of Secretary of State, which he held from 1975 to 1978. As a State Senator, he served on three key committees: Ways and Means, Education, and Governmental Operations. Also named to the Special Conference Committee, Smathers helped restore the death penalty to the state's criminal laws in 1972. He was instrumental in reorganizing the state's educatio...

McCrary, Jesse J., 1938-

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Florida. Dept. of State.

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Bruce Armistead Smathers was Florida's eighteenth Secretary of State. Smathers served from January 1975 to June 1978, at which time he resigned to run for Governor of the State of Florida. From July 1978 until January 1979, Jessie J. McCrary served out Smather's term of office. From the description of Secretary of State Bruce Smathers press releases, 1975-1978. (Florida State Archive). WorldCat record id: 32414068 ...