Edward Curtis Smith (January 5, 1854 – April 6, 1935) was an American attorney, businessman, and politician from Vermont.

[1] The Smith family was one of Vermont's most prominent, with business holdings in railroads, manufacturing and other enterprises.

[4] An uncle by marriage, Farrand Stewart Stranahan, served as Lieutenant governor of Vermont.

[1] In 1876 Smith enlisted in Company D, 1st Vermont Militia Regiment (the Ransom Guards), in which he served for several years.

[1] He attained the rank of colonel while serving on the military staff of Governor Samuel E. Pingree from 1884 to 1886.

[9] Smith also organized Old Home Week, the fair and festival designed to celebrate rural life and Vermont roots of Americans living in other states.

[1] They were the parents of four children; James Gregory, Edward Fairchild, Curtis Ripley and Anna Dorothea Bradford.