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Alfred Smith

Democratic

Date Party Office Votes Result
11-06-1928 Democratic President 614365 Loss
Website: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith
 

Candidate Biography:

Alfred Emanuel Smith, Jr.
Born: December 30, 1873 in New York, New York
Married: Catherine A. Dunn (m. 1900)
Children: Five
Died: October 4, 1944 in New York, New York

1905-1915: Assemblymember, New York State Legislature
1913: Speaker, New York State Assembly
1915-1917: Sheriff, New York County [New York]
1917: President, New York City Board of Aldermen
1919-1920: Governor of New York
1923-1928: Governor of New York
1924: Primary Candidate for President (Lost)
1932: Primary Candidate for President (Lost)