Dan Smoot
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Howard "Dan" Smoot | |
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| Born | October 5, 1913 East Prairie, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | July 24, 2003 (aged 89) Tyler, Texas, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Southern Methodist University Harvard University |
| Occupation(s) | Federal Bureau of Investigation agent Journalist; Conservative political activist |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse(s) | Mabeth Evans Smoot (divorced) Virginia McKnight Smoot
(died 1996) |
| Children | Larry Smoot Barney Smoot |
| Parent(s) | Bernie and Dora Allbright Smoot |
Howard Smoot, known as Dan Smoot (October 5, 1913 – July 24, 2003), was a Federal Bureau of Investigation agent and a conservative political activist. From 1957 to 1971, he published The Dan Smoot Report, which chronicled alleged communist infiltration in various sectors of American government and society.
Background
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Smoot was unsuccessful in his campaign for public office, but he rose to fame as a pundit on radio and television. He initially served as the spokesperson and face of H.L. Hunt's Facts Forum before leaving to create his own.[1]
Spreading his conservative message
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In 1962, Smoot wrote The Invisible Government concerning early members of the Council on Foreign Relations. Other books include The Hope of the World; The Business End of Government; and his autobiography, People Along the Way. Additionally he was associated with Robert W. Welch, Jr.'s John Birch Society and wrote for the society's American Opinion bi-monthly magazine.[2][3]
In 1972, Smoot served as campaign manager for American Independent Party presidential candidate John G. Schmitz.[citation needed]
Books
[edit]- The Hope of the World (1958)
- The Invisible Government (1962)
- The Business End of Government (1973)
- People Along the Way: The Autobiography of Dan Smoot (1993)
References
[edit]- ^ academic.oup.com https://academic.oup.com/chicago-scholarship-online/book/21460/chapter-abstract/181243010?redirectedFrom=fulltext. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Smoot's autobiography and review by Jane Ingraham (1994)
- ^ Peter B. Gemma (2000). "Dan Smoot: The Man and His Message". The New American. Archived from the original on June 5, 2016. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
Further reading
[edit]- Hendershot, Heather. What's Fair on the Air? Cold War Right-Wing Broadcasting and the Public Interest (University of Chicago Press; 2011) 260 pages; covers the rise and fall of prominent far-right radio hosts: H. L. Hunt, Dan Smoot, Carl McIntire, and Billy James Hargis.
External links
[edit]- Works by Dan Smoot at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Dan Smoot at the Internet Archive
- FBI file on Dan Smoot
- The Dan Smoot Report
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- People from Mississippi County, Missouri
- Southern Methodist University alumni
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- Federal Bureau of Investigation agents
- American male journalists
- 20th-century American journalists
- American political writers
- American radio personalities
- People from Dallas
- People from Tyler, Texas
- John Birch Society members
- American conspiracy theorists
- Television personalities from Texas