Editing Al Smith (section)

==Legacy==
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Buildings and other landmarks named after Smith include the following:

* [[Alfred E. Smith Building]], a 1928 skyscraper in [[Albany, New York]];
* Governor Alfred E. Smith Houses, a public housing development in [[Lower Manhattan]] near his birthplace;
* Governor Alfred E. Smith Park, a playground in the [[Two Bridges, Manhattan|Two Bridges]] neighborhood in Manhattan near his birthplace;
* Governor Alfred E. Smith, a former front line and current reserve [[fireboat]] in the [[New York City Fire Department]] fleet;
* Governor Alfred E. Smith [[Sunken Meadow State Park]], a state park in the [[Administrative divisions of New York#Town|Town]] of [[Smithtown, New York|Smithtown]], [[Suffolk County, New York|Suffolk County]];
* Alfred E. Smith Recreation Center, a youth activity center in the Two Bridges neighborhood, Manhattan;
* PS 163 Alfred E. Smith School, a school on the [[Upper West Side]] of [[Manhattan]];
* PS 1 Alfred E. Smith School, a school in Manhattan's Chinatown;
* [[Alfred E. Smith Career and Technical Education High School]] in the South Bronx;
* [[Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner]], a fundraiser held for Catholic Charities and a stop on the presidential campaign trail;
* Smith Hall, a residence hall at Hinman College, [[Binghamton University]];
* Smith Hall, a residence hall at [[Farmingdale State College]]; and
* Camp Smith, a State owned military installation of the New York Army National Guard in Cortlandt Manor near Peekskill, NY, about {{convert|30|mi|km}} north of New York City, at the northern border of Westchester County and consists of {{convert|1900|acre|km2}}.

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===Popular culture and commemorations===
[[File:Alfred E Smith, 1944 issue.jpg|thumb|upright=1|The US Government issued a [[commemorative stamp]] honoring Albert E. Smith, issued in 1944]]
[[File:He's Our Al (1928 sheet music).pdf|thumb|Sheet music for ''He's Our Al'' (1928)]]
* Smith and Franklin D. Roosevelt were filmed by [[Lee de Forest]] in his DeForest [[Phonofilm]] [[sound-on-film]] process during the 1924 Democratic National Convention, which ran from June 21 to July 9. This film is now in the Maurice Zouary collection at the [[Library of Congress]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M7vwCQAAQBAJ&q=maurice+zouary+collection+roosevelt&pg=PA16|title=The First Hollywood Sound Shorts, 1926–1931|last=Bradley|first=Edwin M.|date=2015-06-14|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476606842|pages=16|language=en}}</ref>
* In Sinclair Lewis' 1928 novel ''[[The Man Who Knew Coolidge]]'', Smith is cited as an example of the opportunities "in this new and increasingly practical America for any bright fellow today!" <ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/manwhoknewcoolid0000lewi|url-access=registration|title=The Man who Knew Coolidge: Being the Soul of Lowell Schmaltz, Constructive and Nordic Citizen|last=Lewis|first=Sinclair|date=1928|publisher=Harcourt, Brace|pages=[https://archive.org/details/manwhoknewcoolid0000lewi/page/269 269]|language=en}}</ref>
* A song entitled "''He's Our Al''" was dedicated for Smith in 1928, written by A. Seymour Brown and Albert Von Tilzer.
* The [[Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner|Al Smith Dinner]], first held in 1945 by the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation, is an annual dinner to raise funds for Catholic charities in [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York|New York]]. It was typically attended by presidential candidates for much of the 20th century, however has become less influential in modern times.<ref name="Dinner">{{cite news |last1=Cooper |first1=Jonathan |title=Kamala Harris to skip Al Smith dinner, a traditional event for major presidential candidates |url=https://apnews.com/article/kamala-harris-al-smith-dinner-109cbfcdb2693c960483b8d4843cd704 |agency=The Associated Press |date=21 September 2024}}</ref>
* In [[Harry Turtledove]]'s [[alternate history]] ''[[Southern Victory]]'' series, in which the [[Confederate States of America]] wins the [[American Civil War]] in 1862, Al Smith is elected President of the United States in 1936 on the Socialist Party ticket, defeating Democratic incumbent Herbert Hoover. As per the Richmond Agreement with Confederate President Jake Featherston, he allowed plebiscites to be held in the states of Kentucky, [[State of Sequoyah|Sequoyah]] and Houston on re-admittance to the Confederacy; the rejection of readmittance in Sequoyah serves as a casus belli for the [[Settling Accounts|Second Great War]] in North America (1941–1944). Smith serves until 1942, when he is killed in a bombing raid on the [[Powel House]] in Philadelphia and is succeeded by his Vice President Charles W. La Follette (the fictional son of [[Robert M. La Follette]]).
* Smith was portrayed by [[Alan Bunce]] in the 1960 film ''[[Sunrise at Campobello]]'', and by [[Wilbur Fitzgerald]] in HBO's 2005 TV-movie ''[[Warm Springs (film)|Warm Springs]]''. Both of these movies focus on Franklin D. Roosevelt's struggle with polio.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1960/09/29/archives/review-1-no-title-sunrise-at-campobello-opens-at-the-palace.html|title=Review 1 – No Title:' Sunrise at Campobello' Opens at the Palace|last=Crowther|first=Bosley|date=1960-09-29|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-10-18|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>