About Billy Ray Smith
Born 1944. Billy Ray Smith is an American politician.
William Ray Smith (born April 5, 1944) is an American politician from Kentucky who was the Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture from 1996 to 2004 and a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1982 to 1995. Smith was first elected to the house in 1981 after incumbent representative Buddy Adams retired. He was elected agriculture commissioner in 1995 after incumbent commissioner Ed Logsdon retired to run for Secretary of State. He was reelected in 1999 and term-limited in 2003.
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American politician
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Billy Ray Smith was born on 5 April 1944.
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