Cox, James Middleton (1870-1957), an American politician and newspaper publisher, was the Democratic candidate for president in 1920. He and his running mate, Franklin D. Roosevelt, were defeated by a Republican landslide that elected Warren G. Harding president and Calvin Coolidge vice president.
Cox began his political career by serving in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1909 to 1913. He was elected governor of Ohio in 1912, 1916, and 1918. Cox owned newspapers and radio and television stations in Ohio, Georgia, and Florida. In 1933, he served as a delegate to the World Monetary and Economic Conference in London. He wrote an autobiography, Journey Through My Years (1946).
Cox was born on March 31, 1870, in a log-cabin farmhouse near Jacksonburg, Ohio. He later became a teacher. Cox bought his first newspaper company at the age of 28. He died on July 15, 1957.
