William F. Smith (February 9, 1901 – July 26, 1950) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
He was admitted to the bar in 1924, after which he maintained a law office at 291 Broadway while living in the Bronx.
In 1925, he was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Democrat, representing the Bronx County 2nd District.
[7] In his last term in the Assembly, he joined a group of up-state Republicans to defeat a bill that would have continued an additional 1-cent tax on gasoline.
He was in the Army at one point, but he was discharged due to disability shortly after the outbreak of World War II.