1920's Religion | "Campaign Address of Governor Alfred E. Smith Oklahoma City, September 20, 1928"

Speech

By: Alfred E. Smith

Date: September 20, 1928

Source: Smith, Alfred E. "Campaign Address of Governor Alfred E. Smith, Oklahoma City, September 20, 1928." Printed in Campaign Addresses of Governor Alfred E. Smith. Washington, D.C.: Democratic National Committee, 1929. Reprinted in John Tracy Ellis, ed. Documents of American Catholic History. Milwaukee: Bruce, 1962, 613–617.

About the Author: Alfred E. Smith (1873–1944) was born in New York City. He served as governor of New York State for four terms and was noted for his progressive reforms. Smith became the first Roman Catholic nominated for the U.S. presidency in 1928, losing to Herbert Hoover. He died on October 4, 1944, at the age of seventy.

Introduction

Alfred E. Smith was born in 1873 on New York City's Lower East Side. He attended Catholic school and served as an altar boy at St....