James Allwood Smith (November 6, 1806 – April 15, 1882) was an American minister and state legislator. Smith, son of Norman and Elizabeth (Kingsbury) Smith, was born in Hartford, Connecticut, November 6, 1806. He graduated from Yale College in 1826. After graduating he spent nearly two years as principal of the Union Academy in New London, Connecticut. He then entered the Yale Divinity School, and completed his course of preparation for the ministry at Andover Theological Seminary in 1831. This article incorporates public domain material from the 1882 Yale Obituary Record.