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would talk to a chamber of commerce. like you would anybody else in a campaign. smith starts to realize that women suffrage is a good idea. i can enlighten these people. i can get them to vote democratic. that's where he gets the brain trust and many of the people who work for him for governor, for president, a lot of reformers that become sturdy supporters of the democratic party. smith capitalizes on that. >> just a few blocks south of here is the new york governor's mansion. al smith lived in there for eight years or so during his career here. what was life like for al smith at th...

weekend on c-span3. for more information, follow us on twitter @c-spanhistory. now, the contenders, our 14-week series on key political figures who ran for president and lost but nevertheless changed political history. we feature former governor of new york al smith who was the democratic presidential candidate in 1928. this two-hour program was recorded at the new york state assembly chamber in albany, new york. each sunday at this time through labor day weekend, you can watch "the contenders" on "american history tv" on c-span3. i come here tonight to the al smith dinner knowin...

1936, in 1940 and i think in this way that is incredibly outspoken. i mean, he makes this speech in 1936 where he's accusing the new deal and fdr themselves as i mentioned earlier of being communists, socialists. he picks up really the most vitriolic langlanguage. he calls roosevelt a tyrant and he's abusing the constitution and becomes one of the standard bearers of the liberty league which is basically a business-funded -- it's really funded by the dupont family, but a group that begins in the 1930s to attempt to push back the new deal. and it really is a puzzling, puzzling moment ...

blaming? >> yes, the more stayed papers. by that time the hurs is it papers were ultra sensationistic and there were other sober papers like "the new york times." and it basically discredits. it's one of the things that seriously discredits old style super partisan journalism when the president got killed because they -- of the way they whipped up the people. now, the contenders, our 14-week series on key political figures who ran for president and lost but nevertheless changed political history. we feature former governor of new york al smith who was the democratic presidential ca...

most people is the mckinley assassination, right? >> that year was what year. >> i was afraid you would ask me that. out of my period. 19 10i -- 1901, i think. please edit that. the mckinley is assassinated and it's blamed on -- in a lot of the media, it's blamed on the hu are rst press. because william randolph hurst papers tended to be democratic and rabble roused about rich or poor. >> the other papers were blaming? >> yes, the more stayed papers. by that time the hearst papers were ultra sensationalistic and there were other sober papers like "the new york times." and it basicall...