Whakakīhia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I mua ake nei, i whakaekea e Himi te tono kihihoto mō te whakaingoatanga a te Pirimia ki te
1920 Democratic National Convention, i reira i whakawhiwhia ai tana tohu ki tetahi korero whakaongaonga tuarua na Franklin Delano Roosevelt, i mahi ano hei kaiwhakahaere papa a Smith i te huihuinga o te tau 1920. Ko Roosevelt, nana nei i pakanga mo te pakanga kawana a Smith i te tau 1918, i kowhiria e te New York Democratic Party ki te tuarua o te tono a Smith mo te tau 1920. Ko tētahi take i whai wāhi ki tēnei ko te whanaungatanga hoa o Roosevelt ki Tammany Hall rangatira Charles Murphy Ahakoa kua ngaro a Smith i te whakaingoatanga o te tau 1920, i whakaingoatia a Roosevelt ano hei kaitohutohu tuarua mo James M. Cox.