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12, 1971</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Governor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lester_Maddox" title="Lester Maddox">Lester Maddox</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Zack_Geer" title="Peter Zack Geer">Peter Zack Geer</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lester_Maddox" title="Lester Maddox">Lester Maddox</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Justice of the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Supreme Court of Georgia (U.S. state)">Supreme Court of Georgia</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1981–1991</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1977–1981</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <a href="/wiki/Georgia_House_of_Representatives" title="Georgia House of Representatives">Georgia House of Representatives</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1958–1966</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1916-10-15</span>)</span>October 15, 1916<br /><a href="/wiki/Mitchell_County,_Georgia" title="Mitchell County, Georgia">Mitchell County, Georgia</a>, US</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">August 23, 2010<span style="display:none">(2010-08-23)</span> (aged 93)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" 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class="infobox-label">Battles/wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>George Thornewell Smith</b> (October 15, 1916 – August 23, 2010) was an American <a href="/wiki/US_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="US Democratic Party">Democratic Party</a> <a href="/wiki/Politician" title="Politician">politician</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jurist" title="Jurist">jurist</a> from the state of <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Georgia" title="Lieutenant Governor of Georgia">sixth Lieutenant Governor</a>, state legislator, <a href="/wiki/Georgia_House_of_Representatives" title="Georgia House of Representatives">Speaker of the State House of Representatives</a>, was the only person in Georgia to win contested elections in all three branches of state government – legislative, executive, and judicial. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_years">Early years</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_T._Smith&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born in <a href="/wiki/Mitchell_County,_Georgia" title="Mitchell County, Georgia">Mitchell County</a>, Georgia, Smith attended <a href="/wiki/Middle_Georgia_College" title="Middle Georgia College">Middle Georgia College</a> and <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Baldwin_Agricultural_College" title="Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College">Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College</a>. On August 26, 1940, he joined the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a>, having attained the rank of <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_commander" title="Lieutenant commander">lieutenant commander</a> and receiving the Naval Merit Unit citation. Following military service, Smith graduated from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Georgia_School_of_Law" title="University of Georgia School of Law">University of Georgia School of Law</a> in 1948. </p><p>Upon graduation he practiced <a href="/wiki/Law" title="Law">law</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cairo,_Georgia" title="Cairo, Georgia">Cairo</a> in <a href="/wiki/Grady_County,_Georgia" title="Grady County, Georgia">Grady County</a> in southwestern Georgia. In addition to his private law practice, he served as <a href="/wiki/County_attorney" class="mw-redirect" title="County attorney">county attorney</a>, <a href="/wiki/Solicitor" title="Solicitor">solicitor</a> of the State Court of Grady County, Cairo city attorney, and attorney for the Grady County Board of Education. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_T._Smith&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Smith's political career began when he was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Georgia_House_of_Representatives" title="Georgia House of Representatives">Georgia House of Representatives</a> from Grady County in 1958. He served as a state representative until 1966, eventually rising to the position of its <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Georgia_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives">Speaker</a> from 1963 to 1966. </p><p>Smith won the Democratic Party nomination for lieutenant governor in the <a href="/wiki/Georgia_gubernatorial_election,_1966" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgia gubernatorial election, 1966">1966 election</a>. Because the <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgia Democratic Party">Georgia Democratic Party</a> dominated state politics at the time, winning the primary virtually assured victory in the general election. Smith served as the state's second-ranking executive officer under <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Georgia" title="Governor of Georgia">Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/Lester_Maddox" title="Lester Maddox">Lester Maddox</a> from January 11, 1967 to January 12, 1971. Smith was defeated for re-election as lieutenant governor by Maddox in 1970, as Maddox was prohibited from seeking re-election to the governorship, which then passed to <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> of <a href="/wiki/Plains,_Georgia" title="Plains, Georgia">Plains</a>. </p><p>After leaving office, Smith returned to the legal world, initially in private practice in <a href="/wiki/Marietta,_Georgia" title="Marietta, Georgia">Marietta</a> in <a href="/wiki/Suburban" class="mw-redirect" title="Suburban">suburban</a> <a href="/wiki/Cobb_County,_Georgia" title="Cobb County, Georgia">Cobb County</a> near Atlanta. He ran unsuccessfully for governor in 1974, having lost his party nomination to <a href="/wiki/George_Busbee" title="George Busbee">George Busbee</a>. In 1976, he was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Court_of_Appeals" title="Georgia Court of Appeals">Georgia Court of Appeals</a> for a six-year term. In 1980, he was elected as a justice of the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Supreme Court of Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia Supreme Court</a>. He served on the high court from 1981 until 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite his advanced age at the time of his death, Smith was serving on the Executive Committee of the Appellate Judges Conference. </p><p>Smith's portrait was unveiled in the rotunda of the State Capitol in Atlanta on May 12, 1980, in accordance with a Joint Resolution passed by the Georgia House and <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgia Senate">Senate</a>. </p><p>Smith was also District Governor of the Georgia <a href="/wiki/Kiwanis" title="Kiwanis">Kiwanis</a> in 1960 and has served on the board of trustees of the National Arthritis Foundation and as chairman of its National Government Affairs Committee. </p><p>Smith was called "George T." to distinguish himself from a Georgia politician with a similar name, George L. Smith, who served as Speaker of the Georgia House during much of the 1960s and early 1970s. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_T._Smith&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_speakers_of_the_Georgia_House_of_Representatives" title="List of speakers of the Georgia House of Representatives">List of speakers of the Georgia House of Representatives</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_T._Smith&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100831082043/https://www.ajc.com/news/former-georgia-house-speaker-598503.html">"Former Georgia House Speaker George T. Smith dies"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Atlanta_Journal-Constitution" title="The Atlanta Journal-Constitution">The Atlanta Journal-Constitution</a></i>. August 24, 2010. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ajc.com/news/former-georgia-house-speaker-598503.html">the original</a> on August 31, 2010.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Atlanta+Journal-Constitution&rft.atitle=Former+Georgia+House+Speaker+George+T.+Smith+dies&rft.date=2010-08-24&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ajc.com%2Fnews%2Fformer-georgia-house-speaker-598503.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGeorge+T.+Smith" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gasupreme.us/scbroch.php">Georgia Supreme Court history</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070927121254/http://www.gasupreme.us/scbroch.php">Archived</a> September 27, 2007, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_T._Smith&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gaappeals.us/history/judges.php?id=48">Biography with photo</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210192607/http://www.gaappeals.us/history/judges.php?id=48">Archived</a> 2012-02-10 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090807021505/http://www.library.gsu.edu/spcoll/pages/pages.asp?ldID=105&guideID=551&ID=4138">Georgia State University Library</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.law.uga.edu/news/advocate/spring2003/smith.pdf">"George T. 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W. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Whitefield&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="James Whitefield (page does not exist)">Whitefield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noble_Wimberly_Jones" title="Noble Wimberly Jones">N. W. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Glascock" title="William Glascock">W. Glascock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Brownson" title="Nathan Brownson">Brownson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Gibbons_(American_politician)" title="William Gibbons (American politician)">Gibbons</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_Saltus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Samuel Saltus (page does not exist)">Saltus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Clay_(Georgia_soldier)" title="Joseph Clay (Georgia soldier)">J. Clay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Habersham" title="Joseph Habersham">Habersham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Houstoun" title="John Houstoun">Houstoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noble_Wimberly_Jones" title="Noble Wimberly Jones">N. W. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Gibbons_(American_politician)" title="William Gibbons (American politician)">Gibbons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Habersham" title="James Habersham">James Habersham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Habersham" title="Joseph Habersham">Joseph Habersham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Gibbons_(American_politician)" title="William Gibbons (American politician)">Gibbons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Brownson" title="Nathan Brownson">Brownson</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Powell_(Georgia_politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Powell (Georgia politician) (page does not exist)">Powell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seaborn_Jones" title="Seaborn Jones">S. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Gibbons_(American_politician)" title="William Gibbons (American politician)">Gibbons</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Napier_(Georgia_politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thomas Napier (Georgia politician) (page does not exist)">Napier</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Stevens_(Georgia_politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thomas Stevens (Georgia politician) (page does not exist)">Stevens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Meriwether_(Georgia_politician)" title="David Meriwether (Georgia politician)">D. Meriwether</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abraham_Jackson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abraham Jackson (page does not exist)">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Benjamin_Whitaker_(Georgia_politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Benjamin Whitaker (Georgia politician) (page does not exist)">Whitaker</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Iverson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Robert Iverson (page does not exist)">Iverson</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Benjamin_Whitaker_(Georgia_politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Benjamin Whitaker (Georgia politician) (page does not exist)">Whitaker</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Adams_(Georgia_politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="David Adams (Georgia politician) (page does not exist)">Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Witt_(Georgia_politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="David Witt (Georgia politician) (page does not exist)">Witt</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Adams_(Georgia_politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="David Adams (Georgia politician) (page does not exist)">Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allen_Daniel_Jr." title="Allen Daniel Jr.">Daniel</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Adams_(Georgia_politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="David Adams (Georgia politician) (page does not exist)">Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Abercrombie_(Georgia_politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Abercrombie (Georgia politician) (page does not exist)">Abercrombie</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_W._Murray&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thomas W. 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