The 1920 Democratic National Convention was held at the Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, California from June 28 to July 6, 1920. It resulted in the nomination of Governor James M. Cox of Ohio for p
Nominees Cox and Roosevelt
James M. Cox 1920
Governor James M. Cox of Ohio
Former Treasury Secretary William Gibbs McAdoo of California
William Gibbs McAdoo
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William Gibbs McAdoo Jr. was an American lawyer and statesman. McAdoo was a leader of the Progressive movement and played a major role in the administration of his father-in-law, President Woodrow Wil
Portrait by Harris & Ewing, 1914
McAdoo in his youth
President Woodrow Wilson's commission of Treasury Secretary McAdoo, March 1913
"A long man with a long head". Puck cartoon, 25 April 1914.