1924

[Mechaman]

Hate to jump in here with an inconvenient historical factoid, but up to 1930 or so Smith was rather pro-interventionist on economic affairs.  I mean, he ran on an economic platform similar to the New Deal before the Great Depression even happened and supported relief programs for American farmers that Hoover's campaign openly denounced as "state socialism".

His later conservatism was the result of a combination of apathy and disillusionment with the American system after his 1928 defeat.  It also bears mentioning that his wealth substantially increased after he was Governor and thus made him more sympathetic to lace curtain interests.