In Politics and Government
- Henry Smith (regicide) (1620–1668), English politician and jurist
- Henry Smith (Rhode Island) (1766–1818), Governor of Rhode Island
- Henry Smith (Texas Governor) (1788–1851), Governor of Texas
- Henry K. Smith (1811–1854), American Mayor of Buffalo, New York
- Henry Smith (Canadian politician) (1812–1868), Canadian lawyer and politician
- Henry Dolphus Smith (born 1819), Canadian politician
- Henry Smith (speaker) (1829–1884), Speaker of the New York State Assembly
- Henry Smith (colonial administrator) (fl. 1830s), British sailor and Governor of the Falkland Islands
- Henry Smith (Wisconsin) (1838–1916), United States Representative from Wisconsin
- Henry Augustus Middleton Smith (1853–1924), United States federal judge
- Henry C. Smith (1856–1911), United States Representative from Michigan
- Sir Henry Babington Smith (1863–1923), British civil servant
- Sir Henry Moncrieff Smith (1873–1951), British administrator in India
- Sir Henry Abel Smith (1900–1993), British Army officer and Governor of Queensland
- Henry P. Smith III (1911–1995), United States Representative from New York
- Henry Smith (British politician) (born 1969), Member of Parliament for Crawley
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