Vice President under William McKinley March 4, 1897 until November 21, 1899
HOBART, Garret Augustus,a
Vice President of the United States; born near Long Branch, Monmouth County,
N.J., June 3, 1844; attended the common schools and graduated from Rutgers
College, New Brunswick, N.J., in 1863; taught school; clerk for the grand jury
of Passaic County, N.J., in 1865; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1866
and commenced practice at Paterson, N.J.; city counsel of Paterson in 1871 and
1872; elected counsel for the board of freeholders in 1872; member, State house
of assembly 1872-1876, and served as speaker in 1874; member, State senate
1876-1882, and served as president 1881-1882; banker; member of the Republican
National Committee 1884-1896, when he was nominated as the Republican candidate
for vice president on the ticket with William McKinley; elected Vice President
of the United States in 1896 and served from March 4, 1897, until his death in
Paterson, N.J., on November 21, 1899; interment in Cedar Lawn Cemetery. -
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