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As a senator, Smathers signed the 1954 [[Southern Manifesto]] opposing school [[Segregation|desegregation]] and voted a decade later against the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]].
As a senator, Smathers signed the 1954 [[Southern Manifesto]] opposing school [[Segregation|desegregation]] and voted a decade later against the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]].
In 1971, Smther's wife divorced him and he wed a former Senate staffer, Carolyn Hyder, the same age as his younger son, Bruce. When Smathers retired from politics, he became a lobbyist and successful [[business]]man. In 1991, he gave a $20 million gift to his alma mater, the University of Florida, which funded the university library system named for him. He later also gave a $10 million gift to the University of Miami.<ref name=findagrave/>
In 1971, Smther's wife divorced him and he wed a former Senate staffer, Carolyn Hyder, the same age as his younger son, Bruce. When Smathers retired from politics, he became a lobbyist and successful [[business]]man. In 1991, he gave a $20 million gift to his alma mater, the University of Florida, which funded the university library system named for him. He later also gave a $10 million gift to the University of Miami.<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17602361/george-armistead-smathers|title=George Armistead Smathers|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=February 27, 2021}}</ref>
Smathers died at the age of ninety-three and is interred at [[Arlington National Cemetery]] in [[Virginia]].<ref name=findagrave/>
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