John Nance Garner Biography, Age, Weight, Height, Friend, Like, Affairs, Favourite, Birthdate & Other

John Nance Garner was an American statesman who served as the 32nd Vice President of the United States; he was in the office from 1933 to 1941, in the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Also referred as Cactus Jack by his contemporaries, Garner served 15 consecutive terms as U.S. Congressman and was Speaker of the House when he was chosen for vice presidency. A native of Texas, John Nance Garner, studied law and subsequently began legal practice in Texas.

Gradually, he gravitated into politics and became a member of the Democratic Party. Garner was elected as the county judge of Uvalde County and subsequently served on the state legislature, spending his early terms studying the political scenario.

In 1902, he was picked to the U.S. Congress and was re-elected 14 consecutive times from the same district, serving for the next 30 years. Subsequently, Garner was chosen as the minority floor leader for the Democrats and also served as the Speaker of the House. In 1932, after an unsuccessful attempt for the Democratic Presidential nomination, Garner was elected to serve as the 32nd Vice President of the United States by President Franklin Roosevelt.

During his initial term, Garner employed his skills in steering New Deal legislation through Congress, but by the time he was re-elected for vice presidency, his relationship with Roosevelt had soured. He spent his second term opposing the New Deal proposals and after completing his second term in 1941, Garner retired to Texas where he died in his 90s