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  2. John Nance Garner - Wikipedia

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    John Nance Garner III (November 22, 1868 – November 7, 1967), 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.

  3. Oath of office of the vice president of the United States

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    John Nance Garner: 37th Charles Curtis Vice President of the United States January 20, 1937 John Nance Garner 38th United States Capitol Joseph Taylor Robinson U.S. Senator, Senate Majority Leader: January 20, 1941 Henry A. Wallace: 39th John Nance Garner Vice President of the United States January 20, 1945 Harry S. Truman: 40th White House ...

  4. 1935 State of the Union Address - Wikipedia

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    The 1935 State of the Union address was given by the 32nd president of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt to the 74th United States Congress.Presiding over this joint session was the House speaker, Jo Byrns, accompanied by John Nance Garner, the vice president, in his capacity as the president of the Senate. [1]

  5. Harris needs help from the Keystone State - AOL

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    John Nance Garner, a coarse Texan who was a vice president under Franklin Roosevelt, supposedly said the job itself wasn't worth a pitcher of warm spit. Some historians believe Garner actually ...

  6. First inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt - Wikipedia

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    This was the 37th inauguration, and marked the commencement of the first term of Franklin D. Roosevelt as president and John Nance Garner as vice president. It was also the most recent inauguration to be held on the constitutionally prescribed date of March 4, as the 20th Amendment, ratified earlier that year, moved Inauguration Day to January ...

  7. Schuyler Colfax - Wikipedia

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    Colfax and John Nance Garner, the first vice president under Franklin Roosevelt, are the only two vice presidents to have been Speaker of the House of Representatives prior to becoming vice president, and since the vice president is the President of the Senate, they are the only two people to have served as the presiding officers of both Houses ...

  8. 1940 Democratic National Convention - Wikipedia

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    Despite the unprecedented bid for a third term, Roosevelt was nominated on the first ballot. Roosevelt's most formidable challengers were his former campaign manager James Farley and Vice President John Nance Garner. Both had sought the nomination for the presidency and soundly lost to Roosevelt who would be "drafted" at the convention.

  9. 1932 Democratic National Convention - Wikipedia

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    The convention resulted in the nomination of Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York for president and Speaker of the House John N. Garner from Texas for vice president. Beulah Rebecca Hooks Hannah Tingley was a member of the Democratic National Committee and Chair of the Democratic Party of Florida. She seconded the nomination of Franklin ...