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[snip] Smith won the New York governorship in 1918 and set about reorganizing the state’s government. Narrowly defeated in the Republican landslide in 1920, Smith spent two years in business before accepting renomination in 1922. Reelected in that year, again in 1924, and for the last time in 1926, Smith left a lasting mark on New York State. His leadership there (along with his opposition to national prohibition) naturally attracted considerable attention throughout the United States. Smith was a candidate for president in both 1920 and 1924. In the latter year, his candidacy served as a vehicle by which the Eastern, ethnic, wet portion of the Democratic Party prevented the nomination of William Gibbs McAdoo during a long and turbulent convention battle that was one of the most memorable political events of the 1920s. [/snip]