- Former son-in-law of William K. Vanderbilt.
- Mayor of Palm Beach, FL (1971-1977).
- Named to the Presidential Commission on Broadcasting to Cuba by Ronald Reagan; Ambassador to Switzerland by John F. Kennedy (he declined because Switzerland was charged with United States' relations in Cuba); and to the War Production Board by Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- The United States's Ambassador to Cuba when Fidel Castro came to power, Smith contended that Castro could not have come to power without the aid of the United States.
- Founded the brokerage firm Paige, Smith & Remick in 1929.
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