By 1920 , Roosevelt , on Howe 's advice , had made peace with Tammany boss Charles Murphy , and again sought New York state office . In July , however , he was drafted by the Democratic National Convention as the vice presidential nominee on a ticket with Ohio governor James M. Cox . Roosevelt selected Howe as his campaign manager . The Cox &mdash; Roosevelt ticket lost overwhelmingly to Republicans Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge , but both Roosevelt and Howe saw themselves as having successfully built Roosevelt a national reputation ; not long after the election , Howe boasted to several friends that Roosevelt would soon occupy the White House , taking Howe with him
Democratic National Convention
1920 Democratic National Convention
Louis Howe