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Hace 1 día · William Gibbs McAdoo, a prominent Wilson supporter who married Wilson's daughter in 1914, became Secretary of the Treasury, while James Clark McReynolds, who had successfully prosecuted prominent antitrust cases, was chosen as Attorney General.
Hace 1 día · Most of the major Democratic leaders, such as William Gibbs McAdoo, were therefore content to sit out the election. [citation needed] One who did not do so was New York Governor Al Smith, who had previously made two attempts to secure the Democratic nomination. [10]
Hace 1 día · Al Smith attended St. James school through the eighth grade, his only formal education. Smith was born at 174 South Street and raised in the Fourth Ward on the Lower East Side of Manhattan; in 1873 he resided there for his entire life. [4] His mother, Catherine (née Mulvihill), was the daughter of Maria Marsh and Thomas Mulvihill, who were immigrants from County Westmeath, Ireland. [5]
