William T. Smith II (January 25, 1916 – March 30, 2010) was an American farmer and politician from New York.
He attended the public schools in Big Flats, and Corning Free Academy.
[2] Smith, a fourth-generation farmer, drove the Cadillac around the district as a campaign prop demonstrating the largesse of the federal government's entitlement programs, and the next year managed to win the Republican primary in the 49th District, defeating the incumbent State Senator Harold A. Jerry, Jr.
Smith was noted for his staunch fiscal conservatism, pushed for cost estimates on state bills, and voted against the state enrolling in Medicaid (the only member of the entire New York legislature to do so) because he believed the cost would be much more than estimated.
He died on March 30, 2010, at the Founders Pavilion nursing home in Corning, New York.