“Three things tell a man: his eyes, his friends and his favorite quotes.”
Alfred E. Smith (American Politician)
Date of Birth:
December 30, 1873
Date of Death:
October 4, 1944
Alfred Emanuel Smith, Jr., known in private and public life as Al Smith, was elected Governor of New York four times, and was the Democratic U.S. presidential candidate in 1928. He was the first Roman Catholic and Irish-American to run for President as a major party nominee. He lost the election to Herbert Hoover. He then became president of the Empire State, Inc. and was instrumental in getting the Empire State Building built during the Great Depression.