Marion Smith

{{Short description|Mississippi politician (b. 1932)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1932|2|2}}

| office = President pro tempore of the Mississippi State Senate

| image = Marion Smith.jpg

| caption = 1968

| term_start = January 1971

| term_end = January 1972

| state_senate1 = Mississippi State

| termstart1 = January 1960

| termend1 = January 1972

| district1 = 30th

| birth_place = Natchez, Mississippi

| predecessor = Merle Palmer

| successor = B. G. Perry

}}

William Marion Smith (born February 2, 1932) is a former Mississippi politician who served as a Democrat in the Mississippi Senate between 1960–1972.{{cite journal | title=Hand book : biographical data of members of Senate and House, personnel of standing committees [1968] | journal=Mississippi Legislature Hand Books | date=2019-07-11 | url=https://egrove.olemiss.edu/sta_leghb/12/ | access-date=2023-09-21}}{{Cite news |date=July 4, 1986 |title=Edmonds named finalist for UM law school post |pages=2 |work=The Northside Sun |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/261171404/?terms=%22William%20Marion%20Smith%22&match=1 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite news |date=1971-01-06 |title=Senate Chooses Smith as President Pro Tem |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/clarion-ledger-senate-chooses-smith-as-p/153492944/ |access-date=2024-08-17 |work=Clarion-Ledger |pages=1}}{{Cite news |date=May 9, 1971 |title=Sen. Smith Won't Seek Re-election |pages=1 |work=Clarion-Ledger |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/180482651/?terms=%22Marion%20Smith%22&match=1 |via=Newspapers.com}} From 1971 to 1972, Smith was the President pro Tempore of the Mississippi State Senate. He also served at one point as interim Governor.{{cite web | title=Marion Smith | website=Mississippi Historical Society | url=https://www.mississippihistory.org/marionsmith | access-date=2023-09-21}}

He was an attorney who taught at the University of Mississippi School of Law. He has served as president of the Ole Miss Alumni Association, the Inter-Alumni Council of Institutions of Higher Learning and the Mississippi Historical Society, among other organizations.