Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A shekara ta 1920, Roosevelt, a kan shawarar Howe, ya yi zaman lafiya tare da shugaban Tammany Charles Murphy, kuma ya sake neman ofishin jihar New York. A watan Yuli, duk da haka, an tsara shi ta hanyar Yarjejeniyar Kasa ta Demokradiyya
a matsayin mataimakin shugaban kasa a tikitin tare da Ohio Gwamna James M. Cox. Roosevelt ya zabi Howe a matsayin manajan kamfen dinsa. Tikitin Cox<unk>Roosevelt ya rasa rinjaye ga 'yan Republican Warren G. Harding da Calvin Coolidge, amma duka Roosevelt da Howe sun ga kansu sun sami nasarar gina Roosevelt a matsayin kasa; ba da daɗewa ba bayan zaben, Howe ya yi alfahari ga abokai da dama cewa Roosevelt zai mamaye Fadar White House, tare da ɗaukar Howe tare da shi.