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At the 1920 Republican National Convention that nominated Warren G. Harding for President, there was a movement to nominate Edge as candidate for Vice President.

Under convention rules, however, nomination required the vote of a candidate ’ s state delegation as a unit.

In 1917, while governor, Edge had made an enemy of William P. Verdon, Republican leader of Hudson County, when Edge refused to appoint the man Verdon wanted as Hudson County prosecutor, Richard Doherty.

( Verdon had expected that Doherty would wage a campaign against election fraud in Hudson County if appointed prosecutor ).

At the convention, Verdon kept his delegates from voting for Edge, thereby blocking the attempt to nominate him, and Verdon backed the nomination of Calvin Coolidge, the successful candidate.