At the 1920 Republican National Convention , Lowden was the preferred candidate of many of the party 's conservatives . His supporters coalesced behind Warren G. Harding as a compromise candidate , and Harding won both the nomination and the 1920 presidential election . Lowden was nominated for vice president at the 1924 Republican National Convention , but he declined the nomination . Lowden was a candidate for president at the 1928 Republican National Convention , but Herbert Hoover won the nomination on the first ballot
1928 Republican National Convention
1928 Republican National Convention
Frank Orren Lowden