Claim: George Smathers was the former Chair of the Senate Small Business Committee, succeeding John Sparkman before being succeeded by Alan Bible, as well as the former Chair of the Senate Aging Committee after succeeding Patrick V. McNamara (who served as a United States Senator from Michigan from 1955 until his death from a stroke).
Evidence: John Sparkman Alan Bible Patrick V. McNamara A Democrat, he served as a United States Senator from Michigan from 1955 until his death from a stroke in Bethesda, Maryland in 1966.