Samuel William Smith (August 23, 1852 – June 19, 1931), was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.

He was born in Independence Township and attended the common schools in Clarkston and Detroit.

He began legal practice in Pontiac, where for six months he worked alone with considerable success, and then formed a partnership with Levi Taft Aaron Perry.

Perry retired from the firm during the second year of the partnership, but the connection between Taft and Smith continued until the death of the former in 1897.

He did not stand for reelection to the 64th Congress, but moved to Detroit in 1913 and continued the practice of law.