Billy Ray Smith 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.
[1] He was elected agriculture commissioner in 1995 after incumbent commissioner Ed Logsdon retired to run for Secretary of State.
[2] He was reelected in 1999 and term-limited in 2003.
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