Walter L. Smith Jr. (December 17, 1917 – July 10, 1994) was an American Republican politician who served in the

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from 1964 to 1971 and in the

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from 1971 to 1972. While in the Legislature, he was a strong opponent to the state income tax and the raising of the sales tax. He was married to Alice H. Smith and was the father of future State Senator Bradford S. Smith.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Walter L. Jr. 1917 births 1994 deaths Republican Party members of the New Jersey General Assembly Republican Party New Jersey state senators People from Cinnaminson Township, New Jersey 20th-century members of the New Jersey Legislature