When Governor Al Smith offered New York National Guard planes to fly the mail in and out of the state, it seemed a likely temporary solution, easing Burlington's bottleneck and that at Montpelier too.

Jones was a friend and admirer of William Jennings Bryan but also campaigned throughout the South for Herbert Hoover ( and against Al Smith ) during the 1928 presidential election.

While in Fort Worth, Wills added the " rowdy city blues " of Bessie Smith and Emmett Miller to a repertoire of mainly waltzes and breakdowns he had learned from his father, and patterned his vocal style after that of Miller and other performers such as Al Bernard.

* 1873 – Al Smith, American politician ( d. 1944 )

As a Republican La Guardia had to support Harding in 1920 ; he had to be silent in the 1928 campaign although he favored Al Smith, a Democrat.

America was prosperous and optimistic at the time, leading to a landslide victory for Hoover over Democrat Al Smith.

Another scandal was " Cash for Questions ", in which first Graham Riddick, and David Tredinnick accepted money to ask questions in the House of Commons in a newspaper " sting ", and later Tim Smith and Neil Hamilton were found to have received money from Mohamed Al Fayed, also to ask questions in the House.

Among the irregular contributors with just a single Mad byline to their credit are Charles M. Schulz, Chevy Chase, " Weird Al " Yankovic, Andy Griffith, Will Eisner, Kevin Smith, J. Fred Muggs, Boris Vallejo, Sir John Tenniel, Jean Shepherd, Winona Ryder, Jimmy Kimmel, Jason Alexander, Walt Kelly, Rep. Barney Frank, Tom Wolfe, Steve Allen, Jim Lee, Jules Feiffer, Donald Knuth and Richard Nixon, who remains the only President credited with " writing " a Mad article.

* 1967 Al Smith

* 1969-1971 Al Smith

However, advocates of this point of view ignore the many successful and well-adjusted Vietnam veterans who have played important roles in America since the end of the Vietnam War such as Al Gore, Fred Smith ( founder and president of Federal Express ), Colin Powell, John McCain, Craig Venter ( famed for being the first to map the human genome ), and many others.

* December 30 – Al Smith, American politician ( d. 1944 )

The network became the home of many popular musical and comedy stars, among them Jack Benny, (" Your Canada Dry Humorist "), Al Jolson, George Burns & Gracie Allen, and Kate Smith, whom Paley personally selected for his family's La Palina Hour because she was not the type of woman to provoke jealousy in American wives.

The state voted for Al Smith in 1928, and the Klan's official membership plunged to under six thousand by 1930.

New York Governor Al Smith ( who would become the Democratic Party's candidate for president in 1928 ) then threw out the first pitch directly into the glove of catcher Wally Schang rather than the customary couple of feet wide.

The United States presidential election of 1928 pitted Republican Herbert Hoover against Democrat Al Smith.

Nevertheless, she remained active in the Democratic Party and campaigned for Al Smith in the 1928 presidential election though the two disagreed on prohibition.

The song has been recorded by many artists, including The Andrews Sisters, Louis Armstrong, Ray Charles, Johnnie Ray, Bee Gees, Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, George Formby, Al Jolson, Liberace, Billy Murray, Liza Minnelli, Sid Phillips, Bessie Smith and Julie Andrews.

Into the 1960 election, Catholics and evangelicals worked against each other, as evangelicals mobilized their forces to defeat Catholics Al Smith in 1928 and John F. Kennedy in 1960.

Eight former members of the Islanders have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, seven of whom — Al Arbour, Mike Bossy, Clark Gillies, Denis Potvin, Billy Smith, Bill Torrey and Bryan Trottier — were members of all four Cup winning teams.

Cedric Smith acts as the singer of Acorn's life and art, while such friends as Al Purdy, Pat Lane, and former wife Gwendolyn MacEwen recall the man known as ' The People's Poet.

That team was coached by former Warrior Al Attles, and led on the court by Rick Barry, Jamaal Wilkes and Phil Smith.

The only objections that they did have were the scene where Hepburn's dress is torn and references to politicians such as Al Smith and Jim Farley.

On January 14, 1963, Wilhelm was traded by the Orioles with Ron Hansen, Dave Nicholson and Pete Ward to the Chicago White Sox for Luis Aparicio and Al Smith.

The original proposal was to credit the fictional " Al Smith ", but that was deemed too common a name, and in fact was already in use within the film industry.

Alfred Emanuel " Al " Smith ( December 30, 1873 – October 4, 1944 ) was an American statesman who was elected the 42nd Governor of New York three times and was the Democratic U. S. presidential candidate in 1928.

* 1981: 42nd Street – Book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble, music by Harry Warren, lyrics by Al Dubin.

* 42nd Street – book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble, lyrics by Al Dubin, music by Harry Warren

* " You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me " ( 1932 ) w. Al Dubin for 42nd Street

* " Forty-Second Street " ( 1933 ) w. Al Dubin for 42nd Street

* " Shuffle Off to Buffalo " ( 1933 ) w. Al Dubin for 42nd Street

* " Young and Healthy " ( 1933 ) w. Al Dubin for 42nd Street

42nd Street is a musical with a book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble, lyrics by Al Dubin, and music by Harry Warren.

# 42nd Street, 1980 Broadway, 1984 London, m Harry Warren, l Al Dubin, b Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble ( 3, 486 ; 1, 824 in London ) ( 1981 Tony Award winner ; 1984 Olivier Award winner )

He directed and was co-librettist for the 2001 revival of 42nd Street with songs by Harry Warren and Al Dubin, and was the co-author of the book for the original 42nd Street in 1980, which was produced by David Merrick.

During the 1992 election, Bush and Quayle were challenged in their bid for reelection by the Democratic ticket of Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton and Tennessee Senator Al Gore, as well as the independent ticket of Texas businessman Ross Perot and retired Admiral James Stockdale.

* Al Muhallab ibn Abi Suffrah, Governor of Basra

The John and Ken Show in Los Angeles called Davis Gumby in response to his changing positions on issues, while Mr. KABC and Al Rantel ( also in Los Angeles ) coined the term Governor Lowbeam as a reference to his alleged mishandling of the electricity crisis and his term as Chief of Staff for Jerry Brown, who was often mocked as Governor Moonbeam.

It also hosted the first presidential debate between then Texas Governor George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore in 2000.

From 1872, Tammany had an Irish " boss ," and in 1928 a Tammany hero, New York Governor Al Smith won the Democratic presidential nomination.

Harris certified that the Republican candidate, then-Texas Governor George W. Bush, had defeated the Democratic candidate, then-Vice President Al Gore, in the popular vote of Florida and thus certified the Republican slate of electors.

After the disputed outcome of the 2000 election, Hightower voiced the opinion that it was Vice President Al Gore himself, who lost his home state of Tennessee, and not Ralph Nader, who cost Gore defeat at the hands of Governor George W. Bush of Texas.

In 1928, he supported New York Governor Al Smith for President and campaigned for him across the South.

Albert Harold " Al " Quie ( born September 18, 1923 ) is an American politician who served as the 35th Governor of Minnesota from January 4, 1979, to January 3, 1983.

The deal to provide the incentives necessary to secure the series was presented to Governor Ben Cayetano by Al Masini and April Masini ; Tony Vericella, president of the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau ; and Cayetano's executive assistant, Joe Blanco.

During the 2000 Democratic presidential primary in New Hampshire, Governor Shaheen expressed support for Al Gore and her husband Bill Shaheen served as Gore's New Hampshire campaign manager.

* ( 1920 was a landslide election year for the Republicans under President Warren G. Harding, but in the statewide elections of 1922, without such a national race, the New York City Democrats Al Smith and Royal Copeland easily unseated Republican Governor Nathan L. Miller and Republican U. S. Senator William M.

The Governor is an evolution of Al Murray's stage persona ' The Pub Landlord ', which he had used in stand up since 1994, and frequently uses today.

St. Albans graduates include former Vice President Al Gore, former U. S. Senator Evan Bayh, U. S. Senator Michael Bennet, U. S. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., Seattle Mariners pitcher Danny Hultzen, former Congressman Harold Ford Jr., former Governor of Connecticut John Davis Lodge, Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins and Space Shuttle Commander Frederick " Rick " Hauck, former, NFL All-Pro and Baltimore Raven Jonathan Ogden, Emmy and Tony Award-winning actor Jeffrey Wright, journalists David Ignatius, David Plotz, Ian Urbina, former Washington Post publisher and CEO, and current CSPAN executive Bo Jones, former Washington Post chairman Donald Graham, and Fox News host Brit Hume.

The Democratic primaries and caucuses were contested between retired General Wesley Clark of Arkansas, former Governor Howard Dean of Vermont, Senator John Edwards of North Carolina, Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, Congressman Dennis Kucinich of Ohio, Senator Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, and the Reverend Al Sharpton of New York.

The dignitaries who took part in the dedication ceremonies included The Prince of Wales ( the future Edward VIII ), Prince George, Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, U. S. Vice President Charles Dawes, Secretary of State Frank Kellogg, New York Governor Al Smith and Ontario Premier Howard Ferguson.

After the Republicans won the national election of 1924 in a landslide, he was quick to congratulate Governor Al Smith of New York on his re-election and declare him the party's new leader, and he backed Smith for the Democratic nomination in 1928.

Farley was elected Chairman of the Rockland County Democratic Party in 1918, and used this position to curry favor with Tammany Hall Boss Charles F. Murphy by convincing him that Al Smith would be the best choice for Governor.

In the general election, DeWine won re-election to a second term by defeating Celeste by a landslide 60 %- 36 %, while Republican Governor George W. Bush defeated Democrat Vice President Al Gore in Ohio 50 %- 47 %.

In the 1928 U. S. presidential campaign, he supported Al Smith, the Democratic Governor of New York, who would go on to lose to Republican Herbert Hoover.