 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva ye1964 yeRepublican presidential primaries Smith akashanda senhume inotsiva kuRepublican National Convention. Akashanda paAlabama Republican State Executive Committee muna 1966. Munguva ya1972 yeRepublican presidential primaries akashanda senhume kuRepublican National Convention, mutevedzeri wasachigaro weAlabama mumusangano weRepublican National Convention, uye semumwe wevaviri veRepublican vari-vakakura musarudzo dzemutungamiri wenyika pamwe chete nemumiriri wenyika Doug Hale. Smith akazoshanda sachigaro weRepublican Party mu4th Ward muMobile, Alabama. 