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Smith (ALFRED EMANUEL an American)

ALFRED EMANUEL, an American public official, born in New York City in 1873. He was educated in the parochial schools and received honorary ary degrees from Manhattan College and University. From 1895 to 1903 he was a clerk in the office of the commissioner sioner of jurors; from 1903 to 1915 a member of the New York Assembly, becoming the Democratic leader in 1911 and speaker in 1913; in 1915 a delegate to the State Constitutional Convention; from 1915 to 1917 sheriff of New York co.; and from 1917 to 1919 president of the Board of Aldermen of Greater New York. Always having been a member of Tammany Hall, he was the Democratic candidate for governor in 1918 and was elected in the fall of that year for a two-year term.

Although his administration was, gener ally speaking, efficient and satisfactory to the people of the State, he failed of reelection in 1920, being defeated by the Republican candidate, Nathan L. Miller.

His popularity was indicated by the fact that he received almost 500,000 more votes than the Democratic candidate for President and that he ran ahead of the balance of the Democratic ticket by an almost equal number of votes. On his retirement from public service on Jan. 1, 1921, he became vice became vice-president and general manlarge trucking concern in New York City.