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John Nance Garner
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Vice President of the United States from 1933 to 1941
John Nance Garner served as Vice President of the United States under President Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1933 to 1941, a period that included the Great Depression and the early years of World War II. He matters historically because he held this office during one of America's most transformative eras, when the federal government dramatically expanded its role through Roosevelt's New Deal programs.
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Red River County
- Place of death
- Uvalde
- Spouse
- Mariette Rheiner Garner
- Occupation
- lawyer
- Position held
- Vice President of the United States
- Educated at
- Vanderbilt University
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- JohnNanceGarner.png
- Number of children
- 1
- Work location
- Washington, D.C.
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- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- John Garner
- date of birth
- 1868-11-22
- date of death
- 1967-11-07
- name in native language
- John Nance Garner
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Encyclopedic overview
John Nance Garner III (November 22, 1868 – November 7, 1967), known among his contemporaries as "Cactus Jack", was the 32nd vice president of the United States, serving from 1933 to 1941 under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. A member of the Democratic Party, Garner served as the 39th speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1931 to 1933, having been a U.S. representative from Texas from 1903 to 1933. Garner and Schuyler Colfax are the only politicians to have served as presiding officers of both chambers of the U.S. Congress as speaker of the House and vice president of the United States. He was the longest-lived vice president in U.S. history, dying at the age of 98.
Garner began his political career as the county judge of Uvalde County, Texas. He served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1899 to 1903 and won election to represent Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1902. He represented Texas's 15th congressional district from 1903 to 1933. Garner served as House Minority Leader from 1929 to 1931, and was elevated to Speaker of the House when Democrats won control of the House following special elections in 1931 (Republicans actually retained control immediately after the 1930 elections, but lost as several seats shifted parties).
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