Autographs of Al Smith

Alfred Emanuel Smith (December 30, 1873 – October 4, 1944) was an American politician who served as the 42nd governor of New York from 1919 to 1920 and again from 1923 to 1928. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the party's presidential nominee in the 1928 presidential election, losing to Republican nominee Herbert Hoover in a landslide.
The son of an Irish American mother and a Civil War–veteran Italian American father, Smith was born and raised on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City, near the Brooklyn Bridge. He resided in that neighborhood for his entire life. Although Smith remained personally untarnished by corruption, he—like many other New York Democrats—was linked to the notorious Tammany Hall political machine that controlled New York City politics during his era. Smith served in the New York State Assembly from 1904 to 1915 and was the speaker of the Assembly in 1913. He also served as the sheriff of New York County from 1916 to 1917. He was first elected governor in 1918, lost his 1920 bid for re-election, and was elected again in 1922, 1924, and 1926. Smith was the foremost urban leader of the efficiency movement in the U.S. and was noted for achieving a wide range of reforms as governor.
Smith was the first Catholic to be the nominee for the U.S. presidency of a major party. His 1928 presidential candidacy mobilized both Catholic and anti-Catholic voters. Many Protestants, particularly German Lutherans and Southern Baptists, feared his candidacy, believing that the pope in Rome would dictate his policies. Smith was also a committed "wet" (i.e., an opponent of Prohibition); as governor he had repealed New York State's prohibition law. Smith attracted voters who wanted beer, wine, and liquor and did not like dealing with criminal bootleggers, along with voters who were outraged that new criminal gangs had taken over the streets in most large and medium-sized cities. Hoover, who was the incumbent Republican secretary of commerce, was aided by national prosperity, the absence of American involvement in war, and anti-Catholicism, and he defeated Smith in a landslide in 1928.
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Current items with a signature of Al Smith

These are the most current items with a signature of Al Smith that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	Vintage 1960's Al Smith 3.5"x5.5" Signed Photo Postcard Cleveland Indians MLB	£23.93
	Vintage 1960's Al Smith 3.5"x5.5" Signed Photo Postcard Cleveland Indians MLB	£23.93

Traded items with a signature of Al Smith

The most expensive item with a signature of Al Smith (President Franklin Roosevelt 1927 Typed Letter Signed - About Governor Al Smith) was sold in October 2025 for £398.01 while the cheapest item (Al Smith - MLB Baseball: Chicago White Sox - Autographed 8x10 Photo) found a new owner for £2.73 in January 2022. The month with the most items sold (3) was January 2021 with an average selling price of £4.85 for an autographed item of Al Smith. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in May 2026 with £99.32 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £3.78 was March 2022. In average, an autographed item from Al Smith is worth £28.26.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Al Smith were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	AL SMITH (1907-1977) autograph cut \| Giants/Phillies/Indians - signed in 1937	£32.77
	Al Smith Autographed 1955 Bowman Baseball Card #20 Cleveland Died 2002	£30.42
	Al Smith Autographed 1955 Bowman Baseball Card #20 Cleveland Died 2002	£30.42
	Al Smith Autographed 1957 Topps Baseball Card #145 Cleveland Died 2002	£29.76
	Al Smith Autographed 1957 Topps Baseball Card #145 Cleveland Died 2002	£29.76
	Al Smith Chicago White Sox Signed Cut Matted 8x10 Color Photo W/Our COA	£35.02
	Al Smith Chicago White Sox Signed Cut Matted 8x10 Color Photo W/Our COA	£35.02
	Al Smith Signed 8x10 Photo Autograph Cleveland	£28.65
	Al Smith Signed 8x10 Photo Autograph Cleveland	£28.65
	Al Smith Signed 8x10 Photo Chicago White Sox Autographed	£35.88
	Al Smith Signed 8x10 Photo Chicago White Sox Autographed	£35.88
	Al Smith Signed Autographed Photo - Chicago White Sox - MLB - COA	£21.52
	Al Smith Signed Autographed Photo - Chicago White Sox - MLB - COA	£21.52
	VINTAGE 1941 AL SMITH CLEVELAND INDIANS AUTOGRAPHED ORIGINAL PENCIL SKETCH	£99.32
	VINTAGE 1941 AL SMITH CLEVELAND INDIANS AUTOGRAPHED ORIGINAL PENCIL SKETCH	£99.32