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John Nance Garner
John Nance Garner III, 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 Colfa…
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politics · Vice President of the United States from 1933 to 1941 · politician · judge · lawyer · jurist · vice president · also John Nance Garner, John Garner, John N. Garner, John Nance "Cactus Jack" Garner, John Nance Garner IV, John Nance Garner III
Born 22 November 1868 · Died 7 November 1967 · Q298991
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1967· 2 entries
Died 1967-11-07.
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“You have to do a little bragging on yourself even to your relatives—man just doesn’t get anywhere without advertising.”
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1937· 1 entry
Over a range of issues, especially the centralization of power in the federal government
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1936· 1 entry
Serving in that office in total from March 4, 1933, to January 20, 1941
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1933· 3 entries
Then–vice president Charles Curtis announced the election of his successor, House Speaker Garner, while Garner was seated next to him on the House dais
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Career landmark: Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (1933–1941).
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Career landmark: Vice President of the United States (1933–1941).
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1932· 2 entries
And on the same day was also elected Vice President of the United States
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Garner ran for the Democratic presidential nomination
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1931· 1 entry
(Republicans actually retained control immediately after the 1930 elections, but lost as several seats shifted parties)
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1929· 1 entry
And in 1931 as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, when the Democrats became the majority
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1903· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States representative (1903–1933).
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1901· 1 entry
Garner voted for the poll tax, a measure passed by the Democratic-dominated legislature to make voter registration more difficult and reduce the number of minority and poor voters on the voting rolls
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1898· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Texas House of Representatives (1898–1900).
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1893· 1 entry
Garner entered politics, running for county judge of Uvalde County, the county's chief administrative officer
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1890· 1 entry
And began practice in 1896 in Uvalde, Texas, where he had lived since 1892
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1868· 2 entries
Born 1868-11-22.
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In a mud-chinked log cabin in Red River County, Texas, to John Nance Garner Jr
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