Robert Lloyd Smith (January 8, 1861 – July 10, 1942) was an educator, businessman, and Republican politician who served two terms in the Texas Legislature.
Born a free black in Charleston, South Carolina in 1861, he moved to Texas about 1880.
He served as principal of the Oakland Normal School in Colorado County in 1885.
He was the last African-American to serve in the Texas State Legislature until Barbara Jordan's election in the 1960s.
He is depicted at the lower left on the Black Legislators Monument erected in 2010 at the Texas State Cemetery.