Charles Bennett Smith (September 14, 1870 – May 21, 1939) was an American newspaperman and politician who served four terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1911 to 1919.

Smith was appointed a member of the Buffalo Board of School Examiners and served two years as its chairman.

He was the state Superintendent of Standards and Purchases from 1935 until his death in Wilmington, New York, May 21, 1939.

Smith was married to Frances G. Stanton (1871–1931), who worked with him as a newspaper reporter and editor, and served as New York's Civil Service Commissioner from 1929 until her death.

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