Who pardoned Larkin from prison in 1923?
Al Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Herbert Hoover
Answer
Al Smith pardoned Larkin from prison in 1923, after serving five years of his sentence for sedition. Smith had been a supporter of the Larkinites during the 1913 strike, and believed that Larkin had been unjustly imprisoned. The pardon was seen as a victory for the Larkinites, and helped to strengthen their position within the Irish labour movement.
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