Difference between revisions of "Al Smith"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
| Line 6: | Line 6: | ||
[[Category:New York Governors]] | [[Category:New York Governors]] | ||
| − | + | [[Category:Democratic Party]] | |
| + | [[Category:Christians]] | ||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Al}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Al}} | ||
Revision as of 06:27, June 23, 2008
Al Smith was the dominant Democratic politician in New York State and was elected governor in 1918. He was the Democratic Party's candidate for president in 1928 – the first Catholic to win a major-party presidential nomination – but lost the election to Herbert Hoover.[1]