Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Smith ya riga ya yi wani abin da ba shi da kyau ga dan takarar Democrat a 1920 Democratic National Convention
, inda aka gabatar da shi ya karbi jawabin da Franklin Delano Roosevelt ya yi, wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin mai kula da bene na Smith a taron 1920. Roosevelt, wanda ya yi yakin neman zaben gwamnan Smith a shekarar 1918, Jam'iyyar Democrat ta New York ta zaba ta zama ta biyu ta Smith a shekarar 1920 don takara. Wani abin da ya ba da gudummawa ga wannan shi ne dangantakar abokantaka ta Roosevelt tare da shugaban Tammany Hall Charles Murphy Duk da yake Smith ya rasa zaben na 1920, Roosevelt da kansa ya zama mataimakin mataimakin shugaban kasa na James M. Cox.