In Politics and Government
- Sir David William Smith, 1st Baronet (1764–1837), Canadian soldier and politician
- David Highbaugh Smith (1854–1928), United States Congressman
- David Smith (English politician) (1826–1886), member of the United Kingdom Parliament
- David S. Smith (1918–2012), former U.S. ambassador to Sweden
- Sir David Smith (public servant) (born 1933), Official Secretary to five Governors-General of Australia
- David William Smith (born 1938), Ontario politician
- David Smith (Canadian senator) (born 1941), Canadian lawyer and politician
- David Smith (justice), Canadian jurist; called to the New Brunswick Bar in 1971
- David Smith (Quebec politician) (born 1963), Canadian politician
- Adam Smith (politician) (David Adam Smith, born 1965), United States Congressman
- David Smith (Victorian politician) (1861–1943), Australian politician
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