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 reelection 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.