8. What happens to my job while I am on military leave? When you return from military service, you must be reemployed in the job that you would have had if you had not been absent for military service (known as the escalator principle) and with the same seniority, status and pay, as well as other rights and benefits determined by seniority.
Al Smith. Alfred Emanuel Al Smith (December 30, 1873 â October 4, 1944) was an American politician who was elected Governor of New York four times and was the Democratic U.S. presidential candidate in 1928.
Voter realignment. In long-term perspective Al Smith started a voter realignment â a new coalition â based among ethnics and big cities that spelled the end of classless politics of the Fourth Party System and helped usher in the Fifth Party System or New Deal coalition of Franklin D. Roosevelt.l Smith (1873-1944), was the dominant Democratic politician in New York State in the 1920s and was elected governor five times. He was defeated in the 1928 Presidential Election. Smith was a leader of the Progressive Era because of his efficiency-oriented, growth-promoting pro-business policies as governor.