 Marshall had his name entered as a candidate for the presidential nomination at the 1920 Democratic National Convention . He made arrangements with Thomas Taggart to have a delegation sent from Indiana to support his bid , but was unable to garner support outside of the Hoosier delegation . Ultimately he endorsed the Democratic nominees , James M. Cox for president and Franklin Delano Roosevelt for vice president , but they were defeated by the Republican ticket of Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge . On their election , Marshall sent a note to Coolidge in which he offered him his " sincere condolences " for his misfortune in being elected vice president . 
