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Alfred Emanuel Smith (December 30, 1873 – October 4, 1944) was an American politician who served four terms as the 42nd governor of New York and was the Democratic Party's presidential nominee in 1928.
Al Smith, Governor of New York, was a candidate for President of the United States in the 1928 election. His run was notable in that he was the first Catholic nominee of a major party, he opposed Prohibition, and he enjoyed broad appeal among women, who had won the right of suffrage in 1920.
Al Smith (born December 30, 1873, New York, New York, U.S.—died October 4, 1944, New York City) was a U.S. politician, four-time Democratic governor of New York and the first Roman Catholic to run for the U.S. presidency (1928).
Alfred Emanuel "Al" Smith (December 30, 1873 – October 4, 1944) was elected Governor of New York four times, and was the Democratic U.S. presidential candidate in 1928. He was the first Roman Catholic and Irish-American to run for President as a major party nominee.
Dec 9, 2014 · If the American media had a better sense of history, you’d have read by now that Alfred Leo Smith died last month. His life powerfully shaped the American law of religious freedom. Here’s an ...
Al Smith was the son of Irish immigrants and a self-made man. Al’s first job came when he was eleven years old selling newspapers. After his father’s death when he was thirteen, he took on a series of jobs including chaser for a trucker, oil worker, and three years working at the Fulton Fish Market.
Oct 17, 2019 · A lawyer named Charles C. Marshall posed the question in an essay in The Atlantic Monthly, directing it at the four-term governor of New York, Al Smith, who was on the verge of becoming the first...
Aug 4, 2016 · Eighty-eight years ago a Happy Warrior from the streets of New York ran for President of the United States. His name was Al Smith, and he deserves to be remembered now as another bitter...
Feb 25, 2001 · On June 26, 1928, Governor Alfred E. Smith, of New York, held an impromptu party for the press. It was the first night of the Democratic Convention, which was taking place that year in...
Aug 15, 2020 · Historians Beverly Gage and John Evers talked about the life and career of 1928 Democratic presidential nominee Alfred E. Smith, Jr. (1873-1944). Nicknamed the "Happy Warrior," Al Smith never...
