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Al Smith

1873 - 1944

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Alfred Emanuel Smith (December 30, 1873 – October 4, 1944) was an American politician who served as the 42nd governor of New York from 1919 to 1920 and again from 1923 to 1928. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the party's presidential nominee in the 1928 presidential election, losing to Republican nominee Herbert Hoover in a landslide. The son of an Irish American mother and a Civil War–veteran Italian American father, Smith was raised on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City, near the Brooklyn Bridge. He resided in that neighborhood for his entire life. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Al Smith is the 14,460th most popular politician (down from 13,685th in 2024), the 6,945th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,916th in 2019) and the 553rd most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Al Smith ranks 14,461 out of 19,576. Before him are Beornwulf of Mercia, Liam Cosgrave, Mirza Ibrahimov, Yunus-bek Yevkurov, Otmar Hasler, Augustus Christian Frederick, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen, and Ashur-nirari IV. After him are Johan Ehrnrooth, José Serrato, Sayed Morad Khan, Mariano Paredes, and Kono Yasui.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Al Smith ranks 150. Before him are Gombojab Tsybikov, Rosa Sensat, W. C. Handy, Ivan Shmelyov, Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg, and Ioannis Chrysafis. After him are Frank Wild, Oscar von Sydow, Wilhelm Kreis, E. D. Morel, Étienne Desmarteau, and Antonina Nezhdanova. Among people deceased in 1944, Al Smith ranks 252. Before him are Kustaa Pihlajamäki, Andrey Toshev, Jean Cavaillès, Benedicto de Moraes Menezes, Hans-Jürgen von Blumenthal, and Jacques Roumain. After him are C. V. Boys, Wendell Willkie, Robert Curry, Leon Kozłowski, Pierre Brossolette, and E. O. Plauen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Al Smith ranks 6,947 out of 20,380. Before him are Jacob Epstein (1880), Malcolm Browne (1931), Nicholas Hammond (1950), Lee Smolin (1955), Morgana King (1930), and Laura Bailey (1981). After him are Steven Culp (1955), Shane Black (1961), Jaroslav Pelikan (1923), Ann Sheridan (1915), Louie Anderson (1953), and George Bancroft (1882).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Al Smith ranks 553. Before him are John W. Foster (1836), Bainbridge Colby (1869), Bill Richardson (1947), José Graziano da Silva (1949), Vince Lombardi (1913), and Liao Zhongkai (1877). After him are Alf Landon (1887), J. William Fulbright (1905), Maura Healey (1971), Eugene Burton Ely (1886), Pam Bondi (1965), and Richard Lugar (1932).

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