1928 NYT newspaper DEMOCRATS NOMINATE AL SMITH 1st Catholic Candidate4 PRESIDENT

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1928 NY Times newspaper DEMOCRATS nominate the first Catholic, AL SMITH, as their Candidate
for US PRESIDENT -
inv # 8B-301
SEE PHOTO----- COMPLETE, ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER, the
NY Ti
mes dated June 30, 1928.
This newspaper contains a prominent headline on the nomination of
NY Governor AL SMITH as the Democratic Party's presidential candidate for 1928
to run against Republican Herbert Hoover.
Smith was the first Catholic to be nominated by a major political party for US President.
Al Smith came out in his acceptance speech for ending Prohibition in the US.
The 1928
Democratic National Convention
was held at
Sam Houston Hall
in
Houston, Texas
from June 26 – June 28, 1928. The convention resulted in the nomination of
Governor
Alfred E. Smith
of
New York
for
President
and
Senator
Joseph T. Robinson
of
Arkansas
for
Vice President
.
The convention was the first held by either party in the
South
since the
Civil War
. It was also the first to nominate a
Roman Catholic
for President, Al Smith. The Texas delegation, led by
Governor Dan Moody
, was vehemently opposed to Smith. Therefore, when Smith was nominated, they rallied against his anti-prohibition sentiment by fighting for a "dry",
prohibitionist
platform. Ultimately, the convention pledged "honest enforcement of the Constitution".
Smith became the first Democrat since
Reconstruction
to lose more than one southern state in the
general election
, due to his "wet" stance, his opposition to the
Ku Klux Klan
, and his Catholicism.
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