BRADSHAW SMITH 1977

HISTORY OF THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE

BRADSHAW SMITH
1977 - 1978

Bradshaw Smith, the twenty-seventh prosecuting attorney, was born in Des Moines, Iowa, on April 13, 1944. He earned his law degree from the University of Missouri - Kansas City in 1968. Upon graduation, he began practicing law in Cape Girardeau. At age 26 he was elected to the city council where he served 5 ½ years as city councilman and mayor pro tem. On December 31, 1976, he was appointed prosecuting attorney to fill out the term of A. J. Seier, who had been elected circuit judge. After his term as prosecutor, he practiced law in Cape Girardeau until 1981, when he moved to Van Buren, Missouri, where he was elected Carter County Prosecuting Attorney in 1982, a position he still holds.