Bryce B. Smith (1878 – May 22, 1962) was the Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri from 1930 to 1940 at the height of power of the Thomas Pendergast political machine.

Lax to non-existent enforcement of alcohol laws was to see the rise of Kansas City Jazz as well as prominent crime events.

These include the Kansas City Massacre and a shootout that left four dead at the polls on Election Day in 1934.

After Pendergast was sentenced to Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary for income tax evasion in 1939, it was discovered that the city was $20 million in debt.

Smith made an effort to clean out the Pendergast machine operatives but ultimately resigned on January 5, 1940.