al smith was the only roman catholic ever elected president.
al smith was the only roman catholic ever elected president.
who was the only roman catholic ever elected president?
al smith
during the american presidential election of 1928, the democratic nominee al smith was labeled a "papist" by his political opponents. he was the first roman catholic ever to gain the presidential nomination of a major party, and this led to fears that, if he were elected, the united states government would follow the dictates of the vatican. as of 2019, john f. kennedy is the only roman catholic to have been elected president of the united states.









































the term is still sometimes used today, although much less often than in earlier centuries.









































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papist
from approximately 1954 to 1974 he was considered the dean of catholic biblical scholars. during this period, he was elected president of the catholic biblical association and became the first catholic ever elected president of the society of biblical literature. it should also be noted that during this period he was also president of probably the largest anti-vietnam war organization, "clergy and laity concerned", whose founding members also included the reverend martin luther king, jr., rabbi abraham heschel, and reverend william sloane coffin. this involvement was the direct result of his being an outspoken and supremely articulate christian pacifist. in 1971, he transferred as a priest from the society of jesus to the roman catholic archdiocese of milwaukee, wisconsin.
john l. mckenzie