Alfred Emanuel Smith

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Alfred Emanuel Smith was an American politician who served four terms as governor of New York and was the Democratic Party’s nominee for president in 1928.

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instanceOf American politician
human
alsoKnownAs Al Smith
Alfred E. Smith
candidateInElection 1928 United States presidential election
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
employer State of New York
ethnicGroup Irish American
Italian American
familyName Smith
givenName Alfred
hasHeritage working-class background
hasHonor Al Smith Dinner
Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation
hasSpouse Catherine Ann Dunn
influenced Franklin D. Roosevelt
isSubjectOf biographies on American political history
knownFor leadership of New York state government in the 1920s
urban, anti-Prohibition political stance
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party
middleName Emanuel
nativeLanguage English
nominatedFor President of the United States
notableFor being the first Roman Catholic major-party nominee for President of the United States
serving four terms as Governor of New York
numberOfChildren 5
numberOfTermsInOffice 4
occupation governor
politician
opposed Prohibition
partOf history of the Democratic Party in the United States
placeOfBirth Manhattan
New York City
placeOfDeath New York City
politicalAlignment Democratic Party urban liberal wing
positionHeld Governor of New York
religion Roman Catholicism
represented interests of urban immigrants in U.S. politics
residence New York City
sexOrGender male
stateOfBirth New York
stateOfDeath New York
supported progressive social policies
workedOn social welfare reforms in New York
workLocation Albany, New York
New York City

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Alfred Emanuel Smith ("Alfred E. Smith")
alsoKnownAs
Al Smith
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