Background
Crispell, Brian Lewis was born on April 5, 1964 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Elmer Lyle and Florence Louise Crispell.
( A Floridian who served as a U.S. Senator from 1950 to 1...)
A Floridian who served as a U.S. Senator from 1950 to 1968, George Armistead Smathers is generally regarded as a playboy politician who wasted his opportunities to achieve legal and political brilliance, abandoning his constituency to represent business, industry, and other wealthy interests in Florida. This detailed chronicle of Smathers's life and career reveals that his reputation was sensationalized and largely undeserved. Brian Lewis Crispell incorporates lively anecdotes and personal descriptions, in addition to details culled from research in newspapers, interviews, and the archives of Kennedy, Johnson, Truman, and Smathers himself, to bring the largely unstudied senator to life. The work traces Smathers's political path from the forming of his "statewide collection of loyal men," a gathering of supporters from the University of Florida who formed his political base, through his election to the House, his successful 1950 Senate campaign against Claude Pepper, and his Senatorial career during the beginning of the civil rights movement and the early Cold War. Crispell highlights the senator's moderate civil rights record, role in the 1960 presidential election, and his internationalist position on aid to Latin America. This thoroughly researched account presents Smathers as the quintessential "Cold Warrior"--a man who significantly influenced his political world.
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Crispell, Brian Lewis was born on April 5, 1964 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Elmer Lyle and Florence Louise Crispell.
Bachelor of Science in Social Studies Education, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 1990. Master of Arts in History, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 1993. Doctor of Philosophy in History, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 1996.
Teacher Thomas County Schools, Thomasville, Georgia, 1990—2000. Adjunct professor University South Florida, Tampa/Sarasota, 2000—2008. Professor Florida College, Temple Terrace, since 2000.
Sergeant United States Air Force, 1982-1987.
( A Floridian who served as a U.S. Senator from 1950 to 1...)
Member of History Society, Southern History Association.
Married Jean Ann Thomas, February 3, 1990. Children: Thomas Riley, Conner Francis, Sarah Katherine.