New York Governor Al Smith accepting the Democratic nomination for the Presidency Size:XL: 100 x 75cm Design for a triumphal arch

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New York Governor Al Smith accepting the Democratic nomination for the Presidency Size:XL: 100 x 75cm Design for a triumphal archNew York Governor Al Smith accepting the Democratic nomination for the Presidency, August 1928. Alfred Emanuel Smith, Jr (1873 1944) giving his acceptance speech in the Assembly chamber at Albany, New York, USA. Elected Governor of New York four times, he was defeated in the 1928 US presidential election by the Republican candidate, Herbert Hoover.