Al Smith, 1928

Files

smith.jpg

Dublin Core

Title

Al Smith, 1928

Description

Alfred E. Smith (1873-1944) was a Catholic and a three-term governor of New York (from 1919-1921, and 1923-1929) who ran for U.S. president on the Democratic ticket in 1928. His candidacy inspired vehement anti-Catholic reactions from some factions of the American populace which in turn spurred the the Catholic hierarchy to establish the National Conference on Apologetics. (View the Anti-catholic Literature Collection to see more information about the anti-Catholic response to Smith's presidential campaign.) Smith joined other Catholic leaders in delivering an anti-Nazi broadcast in 1938 that denounced German violence against Jewish people and property during Kristallnacht.


This item is part of the background to the American Catholics and Nazi Antisemitism section.

Creator

Chicago Daily News

Publisher

Library of Congress American Memory Digital Exhibit

Date

1928

Rights

Courtesy of the Library of Congress Public Domain Photographs [DN-0086890]

Citation

Chicago Daily News, “Al Smith, 1928,” American Catholic History Classroom, accessed November 24, 2024, https://cuomeka2.wrlc.org/items/show/127.

Output Formats