John Nance Garner Biography

John Nance Garner biography

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NAME: John Nance Garner
OCCUPATION: U.S. Vice President, U.S. Representative
BIRTH DATE: November 22, 1868
DEATH DATE: November 07, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH: Red River County, Texas

PLACE OF DEATH: Uvalde, Texas
Nickname: Cactus Jack Garner

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John Nance Garner was 32nd U.S. vice president. He maintained his conservatism despite his prominent position in Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal administration.

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John Nance Garner was born November 22, 1868, in Red River County, Texas. In 1932 he was a candidate for the presidency, but instead became Franklin D. Roosevelt's vice president. Although reelected in 1936, he broke with the administration in 1937. Opposed to Roosevelt's effort to win an unprecedented third term, Garner challenged him for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1940 but lost.