    
Title: Al Smith Description: Al Smith (Alfred Emanuel Smith; AKA: The Happy Warrior; December 30, 1873-October 4, 1944), arriving in Washington, D.C. to be the principal speaker at the Liberty League dinner in 1936; American politician elected governor of New York four times; Democrat Party's candidate for U.S. President in 1928; first Roman Catholic and Irish-American to run for President as a major political party's candidate; lost election to Herbert Hoover (Herbert Clark Hoover; August 10, 1874-October 20, 1964), thirty-first President of the U.S.; Smith was instrumental in getting the Empire State Building built at the start of the Great Depression; Location: Washington, D.C., 1936 Keywords: cigar-smokers, Empire State Building, Great Depression, Herbert Hoover, Irish-Americans, Liberty League, Presidential elections, Roman Catholic, Al Smith, 1930s, politicians. Orientation: Landscape Dimensions: 1350 x 1315 (1.78 MPixels) (1.03) Print Size: 11.4 x 11.1 cm; 4.5 x 4.4 inches File Size: 5.08 MB (5,331,240 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000096558 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection |
