What is George Smathers?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = George Smathers |image = George Smathers 1963.jpg |caption = Smathers c. 1963 |office = Chair of the [[United States Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship|Senate Small Business Committee]] |term_start = January 3, 1967 |term_end = January 3, 1969 |predecessor = [[John Sparkman]] |successor = [[Alan Bible]] |office1 = Chair of the [[United States Senate Special Committee on Aging|Senate Aging Committee]] |term_start1 = January 3, 1963 |term_end1 = January 3, 1967 |predecessor1 = [[Patrick V. McNamara]] |successor1 = [[Harrison A. Williams]] |office2 = [[Democratic Conference Secretary of the United States Senate|Secretary of Senate Democratic Conference]] |leader2 = [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]<br />[[Mike Mansfield]] |term_start2 = September 13, 1960 |term_end2 = January 3, 1967 |predecessor2 = [[Thomas Hennings]] |successor2 = [[Robert Byrd]] |jr/sr3 = United States Senator |state3 = [[Florida]] |term_start3 = January 3, 1951 |term_end3 = January 3, 1969 |predecessor3 = [[Claude Pepper]] |successor3 = [[Edward Gurney]] |state4 = [[Florida]] |district4 = {{ushr|FL|4|4th}} |term_start4 = January 3, 1947 |term_end4 = January 3, 1951 |predecessor4 = [[Pat Cannon]] |successor4 = [[Bill Lantaff]] |birth_name = George Armistead Smathers |birth_date = {{birth date|1913|11|14}} |birth_place = {{nowrap|[[Atlantic City, New Jersey]], U.S.}} |death_date = {{death date and age|2007|1|20|1913|11|14}} |death_place = [[Indian Creek, Florida]], U.S. |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = {{marriage|Rosemary Townley|1939|1962|end=div}}<br />{{marriage|Carolyn Hyder|1972}} |children = 2, including [[Bruce Smathers|Bruce]] |education = [[University of Florida]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]]) |allegiance = {{flag|United States|1912}} |branch = {{flag|United States Marine Corps}} |serviceyears = 1942–1945 |battles