GARNER, John Nance, a Representative
from Texas and a Vice President of the United States; born near Detroit, Red
River County, Tex., November 22, 1868; had limited educational advantages;
studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1890, and commenced practice in Uvalde,
Uvalde County, Tex.; judge of Uvalde County, Tex., 1893-1896; member, State
house of representatives 1898-1902; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth
and to the fourteen succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1933); served
as minority floor leader (Seventy-first Congress) and as Speaker of the House of
Representatives (Seventy-second Congress); reelected to the Seventy-third
Congress on November 8, 1932, and on the same day was elected Vice President of
the United States on the ticket headed by Franklin D. Roosevelt; reelected Vice
President in 1936 and served in that office from March 4, 1933, to January 20,
1941; retired to private life and resided in Uvalde, Tex., until his death there
on November 7, 1967; interment in Uvalde Cemetery.
Bibliography
James, Marquis. Mr. Garner of Texas. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1939;
Timmons, Bascom. Garner of Texas: A Personal History. New York: Harper, 1948.
-- Biographical
Data courtesy of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.