Jefferson Smith

Jefferson Smith may refer to:

  • Jefferson ("Soapy") Smith (1860–1898), American con artist and gangster
  • Jefferson Smith (politician), member of the Oregon House of Representatives and the founder of the Bus Project
  • Jefferson Smith, the main character in the 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, portrayed by James Stewart

Famous quotes containing the words jefferson and/or smith:

    “If you are obliged to neglect any thing, let it be your chemistry. It is the least useful and the least amusing to a country gentleman of all the ordinary branches of science.”
    —Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

    “I have not had major experience of talking with people once pronounced brain-dead, but I think we could be safe in saying he did not have great zip.”
    —Sir Howard Smith (b. 1919)