| Alfred E. Smith  AKA Alfred Emanuel Smith
Born: 30-Dec-1873
Birthplace: New York City
Died: 04-Oct-1944
Location of death: New York City
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Cavalry Cemetery, Queens, NY
Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Government
Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Twice Governor of New York Democratic nominee for president in 1928; lost to Republican Herbert Hoover. He was the first Catholic presidential candidate. Son: Alfred Smith, Jr. (politician)
Governor of New York (1922-1928)
Governor of New York (1918-1920)
New York State Assembly (1904-15, as Speaker, 1913)
Tammany Hall Candidate (1903-33)
Irish Ancestry
Author of books:
Up to Now (1929, memoir)
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