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17. Mai 2024 · Alfred Smith (. 1873. -. 1944. ) The quintessential New York native, Alfred E. Smith had a long, noteworthy career in politics that began in a gritty ethnic neighborhood on Manhattan's Lower East Side. Born in 1873 to working class Anglo-Irish parents and educated in a neighborhood parochial school, Smith soon displayed an enthusiasm ...
Vor 4 Tagen · The 1928 United States presidential election was the 36th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 6, 1928. Republican former Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover defeated the Democratic nominee, Governor Al Smith of New York. After President Calvin Coolidge declined to seek reelection, Hoover emerged as his party ...
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Vor einem Tag · John F. Kennedy and Religion. Anti-Catholic prejudice was still very much in the mainstream of American life when JFK decided to seek the presidency in 1960. Only one Catholic, Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York, had ever been the presidential nominee of one of the major parties.
29. Apr. 2024 · However, with all other prominent Democrats sitting the election out, the party nominated Alfred E. Smith, four-term Governor of New York as its nominee for 1928, with little opposition. Smith had been the favorite for the 1924 nomination, but had lost due to opposition to his Catholic faith and "wet" views on Prohibition : he wished ...
30. Apr. 2024 · Growing up in the Alfred E. Smith projects in New York City’s Lower East Side in the 1960s and early 1970s, he was surrounded by inspiring art—bold, colorful graffiti emblazoned on walls,...
13. Mai 2024 · New York Governor Alfred E. Smith was the Democratic Party candidate for president in 1928, as this strip of campaign labels attests. He lost to Herbert Hoover. Smith later was commemorated on a United States postage stamp.
13. Mai 2024 · He faced Republican Christopher Smith, the 27-year-old executive director of New Jersey Right to Life. Smith had challenged Thompson in 1978 and lost by 24 points, but the sensational allegations against Thompson helped Smith score a 57%-41% victory; Smith is now in his 44th year as a congressman.
