| H. Allen Smith | |
| State: | California |
| Term Start: | January 3, 1957 |
| Term End: | January 3, 1973 |
| Predecessor: | John Carl Hinshaw |
| Successor: | Carlos Moorhead |
| State Assembly1: | California |
| District1: | 43rd |
| Term1: | January 3, 1949 - January 3, 1957 |
| Preceded1: | C. Don Field |
| Succeeded1: | Howard J. Thelin |
| Birth Name: | Howard Allen Smith |
| Birth Date: | 8 October 1909 |
| Birth Place: | Dixon, Illinois, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Glendale, California, U.S. |
| Party: | Republican |
| Resting Place: | Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale |
| Alma Mater: | B.A. University of Southern California; LL.B. University of Southern California |
Howard Allen Smith (October 8, 1909 – June 4, 1998) was an American politician who served as a Republican representative from California from 1957 to 1973.
Born in Dixon, Lee County, Illinois, October 8, 1909, Smith was an F.B.I. agent and later a member of the California State Assembly for the 43rd district from 1949 to 1957, a Presidential Elector for California in 1956, and a representative from California's 20th congressional district from 1957 to 1973.
Smith voted in favor of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1960,[1] [2] as well as the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,[3] but voted against the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1968 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.[4] [5] [6] He was also a delegate from California to the Republican National Convention in 1960.
He died in Glendale on June 4, 1998, and was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale.He was married to Elizabeth Smith. They had two sons, Lauren and Stephen Smith.