Talk:William French Smith

Perot

From what I read, Ed Rollins claimed that Perot advisors mentioned Smith as a possible Vice Presidential candidate. I guess having a deceased man as Vice President wouldn't be all that bad. --RobbieFal 14:51, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

William French Smith's surname

While I read of the late Attorney General's activities during the Reagan administration, I often saw him referred to as "Smith" or "General Smith", as you'd expect of any man with the middle name French and the surname Smith.

But then during the first Bush administration, I started seeing the former AG referred to in some publications, notably Newsweek, as "French Smith", as though his surname was in fact a binomial (with the odd configuration of capitalizing both and separating the two elements with a single space). Of course, this Wikipedia entry treats him as having solely "Smith" as his surname, but couldn't that be an error, given the highly unusual configuration of his name if, indeed, he truly was a son named William of the French Smith clan? Can anyone confirm this one way or the other? Thanks in advance! [signed] FLORIDA BRYAN — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.99.22.25 (talk) 02:18, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

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Legacy

William French Smith Award for Outstanding Contributions to Cooperative Law Enforcement

Seeking editor to write, at least a stub, for this section.

Here are some starting points:

Duck Duck Go:

7 hits (I repeated the search a few time today and once I got 8 hits)

• https://duckduckgo.com/?q=site%3Ajustice.gov+%22William+French+Smith+Award%22

lots of hits

• https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%22William+French+Smith+Award+for+Outstanding+Contributions+to+Cooperative+Law+Enforcement%22

Google:

296 hits

• https://www.google.com/search?q=%22William+French+Smith+Award+for+Outstanding+Contributions+to+Cooperative+Law+Enforcement%22

27 hits

• https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Ajustice.gov+%22William+French+Smith+Award%22

Tower Commission - what connection ?

The section about the Tower Commission appears to have no actual connection with the subject person of this article - could someone tell me why that section is included, when there is no indication that it had anything to do with the then former AG ? Autokefal Dialytiker (talk) 11:50, 27 August 2023 (UTC)