John Smith (February 12, 1752 – August 12, 1816) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from New York from 1804 to 1813.

He was born on February 12, 1752, in Mastic Beach, Province of New York, then a part of British America.

[3] He was elected to the 6th United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Jonathan N. Havens, and took his seat on February 27, 1800.

[4] In February 1804, he was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of DeWitt Clinton, replacing the temporarily appointed John Armstrong.

[5] Through his daughter Sarah, he was a grandfather of eleven, including Abraham Riker Lawrence, a Justice of the Supreme Court of New York.