Editing Franklin D. Roosevelt (section)

===Campaign for vice president (1920)===
[[File:Franklin D. Roosevelt and James Cox in Dayton, Ohio - NARA - 197236.jpg|thumb|left|Cox and Roosevelt in Ohio, 1920]]
Roosevelt's plan for Hoover to run fell through after Hoover publicly declared himself to be a Republican, but Roosevelt decided to seek the 1920 [[Vice President of the United States|vice presidential]] nomination. After Governor [[James M. Cox]] of Ohio won the party's presidential nomination at the [[1920 Democratic National Convention]], he chose Roosevelt as his running mate, and the convention nominated him by [[acclamation]].{{sfn|Smith|2007|pp=177–81}} Although his nomination surprised most people, he balanced the ticket as a moderate, a Wilsonian, and a [[Prohibition in the United States|prohibitionist]] with a famous name.{{Sfn|Burns|1956|p=73}}{{Sfn|Gunther|1950|pp=215–16}} Roosevelt, then 38, resigned as Assistant Secretary after the Democratic convention and campaigned across the nation for the party ticket.{{sfn|Smith|2007|p=181}}

During the campaign, Cox and Roosevelt defended the Wilson administration and the [[League of Nations]], both of which were unpopular in 1920.{{sfn|Smith|2007|pp=181–82}} Roosevelt personally supported U.S. membership in the League, but, unlike Wilson, he favored compromising with Senator [[Henry Cabot Lodge]] and other "Reservationists".{{sfn|Smith|2007|pp=175–76}} Republicans [[Warren G. Harding]] and [[Calvin Coolidge]] defeated the Cox–Roosevelt ticket in the [[1920 United States presidential election|presidential election]] by a wide margin, carrying every state outside of the South.{{Sfn|Burns|1956|p=74}} Roosevelt accepted the loss and later reflected that the relationships and goodwill that he built in the 1920 campaign proved to be a major asset in his 1932 campaign. The 1920 election also saw the first public participation of Eleanor Roosevelt who, with the support of [[Louis Howe]], established herself as a valuable political player.{{sfn|Smith|2007|pp=182–83}} After the election, Roosevelt returned to New York City, where he practiced law and served as a vice president of the [[Fidelity and Deposit Company]].{{sfn|Smith|2007|pp=184–85}}