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Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Artifact No. 1969.80.1282
Al Smith
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Ar…
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Artifact No. 1969.80.1282

Al Smith

United States, 1873 - 1944
Democratic Presidential Candidate (1928)
Democratic Presidential Nominee (1932)
Governor of New York (1923-1928)

Al Smith was a governor from New York who was the Democratic candidate for president in 1928 and 1932. In 1928 he was beaten by Herbert Hoover, and in 1932 the Democratic Party chose Franklin Roosevelt to run for president instead of Smith.

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Additional National Archives holdings related to this Individual can be accessed at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/10581623

Social Networks and Archival Context record: https://snaccooperative.org/view/84483138

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