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- Birth nameJames Middleton Cox
- James M. Cox is the 46th and 48th Governor of Ohio, a U.S. Representative from Ohio, and the Democratic nominee for President of the United States at the 1920 presidential election. His running mate during his presidential election was future president Franklin D. Roosevelt. He founded the chain of newspapers that continues today as Cox Enterprises, a media conglomerate.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Tango Papa
- SpousesMargaretta Parker Blair(September 15, 1917 - July 15, 1957) (his death, 2 children)Mary Laura "Mayme" Simpson Harding(May 25, 1893 - 1911) (divorced, 2 children)
- ChildrenAnne Beau CoxJames M. Cox Jr.Barbara Blair Cox
- RelativesJames C. Kennedy(Grandchild)James Cox Chambers(Grandchild)
- Unsuccessful Democratic Party candidate for US president in 1920. His vice presidential running mate was Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- Governor of Ohio: 13 Jannuary 1913 - 11 January 1915, and 8 January 1917 - 10 January 1921.
- Democrat US congressional representative from Ohio, 4 March 1909 - 12 January 1913. Resigned from office, having been elected governor of Ohio.
- Publisher of the Dayton Daily News. Founder of Cox Enterprises, which owns several US newspapers.
- The James M. Cox Dayton International Airport in Ohio is named for him.
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