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On January sixth 1919 Theodore Roosevelt would be hospilitized due to a blood clot. Roosevelt had already been suffering through health problems, so he decided against running in 1920. Roosevelt endorsed his former running mate Hiram Johnson. Johnson also received endorsements from Lenard Wood and Robert M. Lafollette, who saw him as the heir to Roosevelt's Progressive throne. Because of this Johnson easily swept through the primaries and won the nomination at the convention. Johnson decided to select Warren G. Harding of Ohio as his running mate to help unify the Progressive and Conservative wings of the party. Polls showed that Johnson had a major lead over Cox due to the unpopularity of the Wilson administration.