Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Smith akanga ambopa chipo chechichixotic nokuda kwekusarudzwa kweDemocratic pa
1920 Democratic National Convention, uko kusarudzwa kwake kwakagamuchira hurukuro inokurudzira yechipiri naFranklin Delano Roosevelt, uyo akashandawo semaneja wepasi waSmith pagungano ra1920. Roosevelt, uyo akanga aita mushandirapamwe wekutsvaga kwaSmith muGavhuna muna 1918, akasarudzwa neNew York Democratic Party kuti atsigire Smith's 1920 bid for the nomination. Chimwe chakaita kuti izvi zviitike kwaive kushamwaridzana kwaRoosevelt nemutungamiri weTammany Hall Charles Murphy Kunyange Smith akarasikirwa nesarudzo ya1920, Roosevelt pachake akasarudzwa semutevedzeri wemutungamiri wenyika naJames M. Cox.