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John Nance Garner (1868-1967), a Texas Democrat popularly known as “Cactus Jack,” presided over the House of Representatives and the Senate. After becoming Speaker of the House in 1931, he ran for president in 1932, but instead accepted the vice presidency alongside Franklin Roosevelt. Although he gave up the powerful Speaker’s gavel for ...
John Nance Garner IV nicknamed "Cactus Jack" (November 22, 1868 – November 7, 1967) was the 44th speaker of the United States House of Representatives (1931-1933) and the 32nd Vice President of the United States (1933-1941). Garner once described the Vice-Presidency as being "not worth a bucket of warm spit." [3]
25. Jan. 2022 · His first vice president, John Nance Garner III, was so fiercely opposed to FDR’s policies and his idea of running for an unprecedented third term that Garner entered the 1940 race to be ...
31. Aug. 2021 · Garner, John Nance (1868–1967). John Nance (Cactus Jack) Garner, the thirty-second vice president of the United States, the first of thirteen children of John Nance and Sarah (Guest) Garner, was born on November 22, 1868, in a log cabin near Detroit, Texas. He went to school at Bogata and Blossom Prairie.
Featured on the first floor of the Briscoe-Garner Museum is the permanent exhibition Cactus Jack of Texas: The Life and Career of John Nance Garner, which details the remarkable life and career of Garner, the most powerful vice president in U.S. history and the second most powerful politician in the U.S. during the Great Depression of the 1930s.
11. Mai 2018 · John Nance Garner. The thirty-second vice-president of the United States, John Nance "Cactus Jack" Garner (1868-1967) was a wily Texas politician and master of the legislative process. He was also the most powerful man in Congress when he chose to join Franklin Delano Roosevelt on the Democratic ticket for the 1932 presidential election.
The Briscoe-Garner Museum is dedicated to sharing the remarkable lives and legacies of two of the most influential 20th century political leaders from the Lone Star State: Vice President “Cactus” Jack Garner and Governor Dolph Briscoe. Many prominent politicians have gathered at Ettie and John Nance Garner’s home, a National Historic ...
