Known as the "Happy Warrior." Al Smith had been a popular governor of New York and had built a liberal record. but as a presidential candidate he could not transfer his New York popularity to a national following. His candidacy met a wall of prejudicehe was the first Catholic nominated by a major party for the presidency. He was a wet on Prohibition. and he represented the urban. immigrant masses. all factors which worked against him in Protestant. dry. rural areas of the country. even among members of his own party. By contrast. "Coolidge prosperity" and the general health of the economy worked for the Republicans. sweeping Herbert Hoover into the White House.22 As president. Herbert Hoover little resembled his two Republican predecessors.
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