By the time of the 1920 Democratic National Convention in San Francisco , whatever Owen 's own ambitions , his candidacy had a " favorite son " appearance to it . He received 33 votes on the first ballot , which increased to 41 on the twentieth ballot . His support came primarily from his own state , together with some votes from Nebraska ( Bryan 's adopted state ) . On the fortieth ballot he again received 33 votes , putting him in fourth place . The Oklahoma delegates remained loyal until on the forty-fourth ballot Owen released them so as to ensure a unanimous vote for the Party 's nominee Governor of Ohio James M. Cox . The chronicler of Owen 's senatorial career relates that " efforts to secure Owen 's consent to accept the nomination for vice-president failed , " but any such efforts do not appear to have originated with the Party 's nominee , who was decisive in his preference for Franklin Delano Roosevelt as his running mate . The Cox-Roosevelt slate went down to defeat by a landslide
1920 Democratic National Convention
1920 Democratic National Convention
Robert Latham Owen