Harding 's death in August 1923 brought Calvin Coolidge to the White House . Borah had been dismayed by Harding 's conservative views , and believed Coolidge had shown liberal tendencies as a governor . He met with Coolidge multiple times in late 1923 , and found the new president interested in his ideas on policies foreign and domestic . Borah was encouraged when Coolidge included in his annual message to Congress a suggestion that he might open talks with the Soviet Union on trade — the Bolshevik government had not been recognized since the 1917 October Revolution and Borah had long urged relations . Under pressure from the Old Guard , Coolidge quickly walked back his proposal , depressing Borah , who concluded the president had deceived him . In early 1924 , the Teapot Dome scandal broke , and although Coolidge had no involvement in the affair , some of the implicated cabinet officers , including Attorney General Harry Daugherty , remained in office , backed by the Old Guard . Coolidge sought the support of Borah in the crisis ; his price was Daugherty 's firing . The president stalled Borah , and when Daugherty eventually resigned under pressure , it was due more to events than Borah . When the president was nominated for election in his own right at the 1924 Republican National Convention , he offered the vice presidential nomination to Borah . By one account , when Coolidge asked Borah to join the ticket , the senator asked which position on it he was to occupy . The prospect of Borah as vice president appalled Coolidge 's cabinet members and other Republican officials , and they were relieved when he refused . Borah spent less than a thousand dollars on his Senate re-election campaign that fall , and gained a fourth term with just under 80 percent of the vote . Coolidge and his vice-presidential choice , Charles G. Dawes easily won , though Borah did no campaigning for the Coolidge/Dawes ticket , alleging his re-election bid required his full attention
1924 Republican National Convention
1924 Republican National Convention
William Borah