Researching Clay Smothers
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 4 people with the Smothers surname? In that year Smothers was ranked number 3575 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Clay means "Mortal" and is of Teutonic origin.
Records of Clay Smothers on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Clay Smothers and the Smothers Family Tree
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Study Parish Records for Clay Smothers at Find My Past.
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| Did you know that there are currently 28 people with the Smothers surname in the UK? Smothers is now ranked number 4015 for popularity in the UK. |
Smothers Family Tree Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 9115 people with the Smothers surname in the USA? Smothers is ranked number 154 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Clay Smothers
Clay Smothers
Claiborne Washington Smothers, I, known as Clay Smothers (April 1, 1935 – June 11, 2004), was an American member of the Texas House of Representatives from the former District 33-G in Dallas County who served from 1977 to 1981. Though elected as a conservative Democrat, Smothers switched to Republican affiliation on December 17, 1979, near the end of the first year of the first administration of Bill Clements, first Republican governor of Texas since Reconstruction.
However, Smothers was a Republican in 1970, when he had run unsuccessfully in District 12 for the Texas House; he was defeated by the Democrat Sam Coats. In that same election George Herbert Walker Bush lost the U.S. Senate race to Democrat Lloyd Bentsen, and Republican gubernatorial nominee Paul Eggers failed to unseat Preston Smith in their second consecutive match.
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