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Patrick Smith (politician)

Patrick Smith, Irish farmer and politician, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (died 1982)

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Born
July 17, 1901
Died
March 18, 1982
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1901

About Patrick Smith (politician)

Patrick Smith was an Irish Fianna Fáil party politician, who served as a teachta dála from 1923 until 1977, a tenure of 53 years, and the longest in the state. He held a number of ministerial positions within the governments of Éamon de Valera and Seán Lemass. In 1926, Éamon de Valera, the Leader of Anti-Treaty Sinn Fein party, approached Smith and persuaded him to join his newly-founded political party, Fianna Fáil.

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The world when Patrick Smith (politician) was born

Patrick Smith (politician) was born in 1901. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1901

  • Best-selling book"The Crisis" – Winston Churchill

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst American League season
  • Top headlinePresident McKinley assassinated — Roosevelt becomes president
  • Technology milestoneFirst transatlantic radio signal by Marconi
  • World population~1.61B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam McKinley / Theodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population77.6M

1901 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Patrick Smith (politician)'s birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19012026
Population77.6M341 million

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