New York Governor Al Smith accepting the Democratic nomination for the Presidency Finish:none The chapel was converted into

The chapel was converted into the Court of Requests by Act of Parliament in 1603

During the course of a debate on the protection of lives and property in Ireland

The Forth and Clyde Canal was Smeaton's largest project

Bird identified by Catesby as 'Noctua aurita minor'

New York Governor Al Smith accepting the Democratic nomination for the Presidency Finish:none The chapel was converted intoNew York Governor Al Smith accepting the Democratic nomination for the Presidency, August 1928. Alfred Emanuel Smith, Jr (1873 1944) giving his acceptance speech in the Assembly chamber at Albany, New York, USA. Elected Governor of New York four times, he was defeated in the 1928 US presidential election by the Republican candidate, Herbert Hoover.