Editing Hiram Johnson (section)

===Presidential politics===
[[File:TIMEMagazine29Sep1924.jpg|thumb|''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' cover, September 29, 1924]]
Following Theodore Roosevelt's death in January 1919, Johnson was the most prominent leader in the surviving progressive movement; the Progressive Party of 1912 was dead. In 1920, he ran for the Republican nomination for president but was defeated by conservative Senator [[Warren Harding]]. Johnson did not get the support of Roosevelt's family, who instead supported Roosevelt's long-time friend [[Leonard Wood]]. At the convention, Johnson was asked to serve as Harding's running mate but he declined.<ref name="mhamilton1">{{cite journal|last1=Hamilton|first1=Marty|title=Bull Moose Plays an Encore: Hiram Johnson and the Presidential Campaign of 1932|journal=California Historical Society Quarterly|date=September 1962|volume=41|issue=3|pages=211–221|jstor=25155490}}</ref> Johnson sought the 1924 Republican nomination against President [[Calvin Coolidge]]; his campaign was derailed after he lost the California primary. Johnson declined to challenge [[Herbert Hoover]] for the 1928 presidential nomination, instead choosing to seek re-election to the Senate.<ref name="mhamilton1"/>

In the [[1932 United States presidential election]], Johnson broke with President Hoover. He was one of the most prominent Republicans to support Democrat [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]].<ref name="mhamilton1"/> During Roosevelt's first term, Johnson supported the president's [[New Deal]] economic recovery package and frequently "[[crossed the floor]]" to aid the Democrats. By late 1936, he was convinced that Roosevelt was a dangerous would-be dictator. Although in poor health, Johnson attacked Roosevelt and the New Deal following the [[Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937]], the president's "[[court-packing]]" attempt.<ref>Fitzpatrick, pp. 253-263.</ref>