McAdoo sought the Democratic presidential nomination at the 1920 Democratic National Convention but was blocked by his father-in-law Woodrow Wilson . In 1922 , McAdoo left his law firm and moved to California . He sought the Democratic presidential nomination again in 1924 , but the 1924 Democratic National Convention nominated John W. Davis . He was elected to the Senate in 1932 but was defeated in his bid for a second term . McAdoo died of a heart attack in 1941 while traveling to the third inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt
1924 Democratic National Convention
1924 Democratic National Convention
William Gibbs McAdoo