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Al Smith political ascent shaped by Tammany ties and reforms
The article traces Al Smith from his 1904 Albany start through his Tammany ties on the Lower East Side to his 1918 governorship. It highlights his factory commission role after the Triangle Fire, welfare reforms for workers, and skill at presenting policy directly to the public, framing him as a reformer tethered to machine politics.
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Mr. Kent
Smith
New York
al Smith
Alfred Smith
Big Tom’ Foley
Jeader
Tammany
South St
Lower East Side
Big Sticks
Fulton
Sancta Sanectorum
Fourteenth Street
Tom Feely
Albany
Bill
Robert Wagner
Triangle
Weo
Disraeli
Bismarck
Labor
Citizen's Union
Union
Democrats
Charles F. Murphy
Alban Postal Service
First Land
New York County
Hylan
Walker
Palm Beach
Nathan L. Miller
U. S. Trucking Corporation