John Nance Garner
Overview
Vice President of the United States
The Vice President of the United States is the holder of a public office created by the United States Constitution. The Vice President, together with the President of the United States, is indirectly elected by the people, through the Electoral College, to a four-year term...
(1933–1941) and the 44th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, or Speaker of the House, is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives...
(1931–33).
Garner was born near the village of Detroit
Detroit, Texas
Detroit is a town in Red River County, Texas, United States. The population was 776 at the 2000 census.John Nance Garner, 32nd Vice President of the United States, was born outside of Detroit but lived most of his life in Uvalde on the southern rim of the Texas Hill Country.-Geography:Detroit is...
in Red River County in East Texas
East Texas
East Texas is a distinct geographic and ecological area in the U.S. state of Texas.According to the Handbook of Texas, the East Texas area "may be separated from the rest of Texas roughly by a line extending from the Red River in north central Lamar County southwestward to east central Limestone...
, to John Nance Garner, III, and his wife, the former Sarah Jane Guest. Garner attended Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University is a private research university located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1873, the university is named for shipping and rail magnate "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided Vanderbilt its initial $1 million endowment despite having never been to the...
in Nashville, Tennessee, for one semester before dropping out and returning home.
Quotations
"I gave up the second most important job in Government for eight long years as Roosevelt's spare tire.", Saturday Evening Post, 1963-11-02, quoted in Simpson's Contemporary Quotations, p. 52, entry 1051, About giving up the speakership to become Vice President
