Throughout his 15 years as Governor, Ritchie called the legislature into special session several times, including once in 1920 to vote on women's suffrage in Maryland, and again in 1933 to ratify the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment in 1933. Ritchie tried, but failed to achieve nomination as President during the election of 1932, and declined an offer by Franklin D. Roosevelt to be _his_ running mate. <sep>, Pronoun: his