Smith was not a candidate for renomination in 1920, but returned to Congress when he was elected to the Sixty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William H. Frankhauser, who died in office on May 9, 1921. Smith was reelected to the Sixty-eighth Congress, serving from June 28, 1921, until his death in Charlotte.
Smith was not a candidate for re-nomination in 1920 but returned to Congress after being elected to fill the vacancy left by William H. Frankhauser's death on May 9, 1921. Smith served in the Sixty-seventh and then the Sixty-eighth Congresses until his death in Charlotte.