Tijdens de verkiezing van 1920, runden Warren Harding en Calvin Coolidge tegen James Cox, de gouverneur van Ohio, en de weinig bekende Franklin D. Roosevelt, die eerder was opgeklommen tot niet minder dan president Wilson's adjunct- secretaris van de marine.
During the election of 1920, Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge ran against James Cox, the governor of Ohio, and the little known Franklin D. Roosevelt, who had previously risen to no higher post than president Wilson's assistant secretary of the navy.QED QED