Patricia A. Spafford Smith (August 17, 1925 – December 31, 2002) was an American businesswoman and Democratic politician from Shell Lake, Wisconsin.
After graduation, Smith worked as an accountant for the Wisconsin Department of Revenue, and later ran a school bus contracting business (she was on the board of directors of the Wisconsin School Bus Association).
She was first elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly's 75th district in 1978; she won a plurality in a five-way Democratic primary, then defeated Republican Glenn A. Johnson, with 8,344 votes to his 7,661.
After she left the Assembly, Smith served on the Washburn County, Wisconsin Board of Supervisors, the Shell Lake Common Council and served as Mayor of Shell Lake.
[4][5] She married James W. Smith on October 22, 1949; he died in 1969, leaving her a widow with six children.