Cika wannan jumla: Smith ya yi a baya ya yi wani quixotic tayin ga Democratic gabatarwa a
Babban Taron Jam'iyyar Democrat na 1920, inda aka gabatar da shi ya karbi jawabi mai ban sha'awa na Franklin Delano Roosevelt, wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin manajan bene na Smith a taron na 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.