James Middleton Cox was an American businessman and politician who served as the 46th and 48th governor of Ohio, and a two-term U.S. representative from Ohio. As the Democratic nominee for President of the United States at the 1920 presidential election, he lost in a landslide to fellow Ohioan Warren G. Harding. Cox's running mate was future president Franklin D. Roosevelt. He founded the chain of newspapers that continues today as Cox Enterprises, a media conglomerate.
- Occupation
- politician, journalist, businessperson, governor
- Position held
- United States representative, Governor of Ohio, Governor of Ohio
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- March 31, 1870
