Wint Smith

Wint Smith (October 7, 1892 – April 27, 1976) was an American lawyer and politician who served seven terms as a U.S. Representative from Kansas from 1947 to 1961.

In 1933, the Kansas Legislature authorized the Highway Commission to hire 10 motor vehicle inspectors, increasing this number to 26 by November 1933.

In 1935, Governor Alfred Landon issued orders to the inspectors to "curb banditry" as far as the law would permit.

He earned two Purple Hearts while serving in France, rising to the rank of captain in the Infantry before his discharge on 4 September 1919.

Smith was not a candidate for renomination in 1960 to the Eighty-seventh Congress and was succeeded by fellow Republican Robert J. Dole of Russell.

This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress