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Bookmark or Share- About John Nance Garner - Dolph Briscoe Center for American HistoryJohn Nance “Cactus Jack” Garner (1868–1967) was speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives during the last two years of Herbert Hoover’s presidency (1931–1933) and vice president during President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first two terms (1933–1941).
- John Nance Garner - WikipediaJohn Nance Garner III (November 22, 1868 – November 7, 1967), known among his contemporaries as "Cactus Jack", was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 32nd vice president of the United States from 1933 to 1941 under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- Why FDR's Own VP Ran Against Him - HISTORYHis first vice president, John Nance Garner III, was so fiercely opposed to FDR’s policies and his idea of running for an unprecedented third term that Garner entered the 1940 race to be...
- Garner, John Nance (1868–1967) - TSHAJohn Nance (Cactus Jack) Garner, the thirty-second vice president of the United States, the first of thirteen children of John Nance and Sarah (Guest) Garner, was born on November 22, 1868, in a log cabin near Detroit, Texas. He went to school at Bogata and Blossom Prairie.
- John Nance Garner: A Featured Biography - U.S. SenateJohn Nance Garner (1868-1967), a Texas Democrat popularly known as “Cactus Jack,” presided over the House of Representatives and the Senate. After becoming Speaker of the House in 1931, he ran for president in 1932, but instead accepted the vice presidency alongside Franklin Roosevelt.
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