Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Smith akanga ambopa chipo chechichixotic nokuda kwekusarudzwa kweDemocratic paDemocratic National Convention ya1920
, apo kusarudzwa kwake kwakagamuchira hurukuro inokurudzira yechipiri naFranklin Delano Roosevelt, uyo akashandawo semaneja wepasi waSmith pakokorodzano ya1920. 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.