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'''Bascom N. Timmons''' (c. 1890 - June 8, 1987) was an American [[newspaper]]man based in [[Washington, D.C.]], in a career that spanned all or parts of six decades. He was an advisor to [[U.S. President]]s [[Calvin Coolidge]] and [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], who had been competing opposite party candidates for [[Vice President of the United States]] in 1920.
'''Bascom N. Timmons''' (March 31, 1890 - June 8, 1987) was an American [[newspaper]]man based in [[Washington, D.C.]], in a career that spanned all or parts of six decades. He was an advisor to [[U.S. President]]s [[Calvin Coolidge]] and [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], who had been competing opposite party candidates for [[Vice President of the United States]] in 1920.
Oddly, like the late Governor Claude R. Kirk, Jr., of [[Florida]], Timmons himself once sought to run for vice president, but the position is now selected by a party's presidential nominee. Timmons offered his candidacy in 1940, when his friend [[John Nance Garner]] declined to join President Roosevelt in seeking a third term. In 1968, the [[Republican]] Kirk "ran" with the understanding that he would complement a ticket headed by either [[Richard M. Nixon]] or [[Nelson A. Rockefeller]]. Nixon, the successful nominee, however, tapped Governor [[Spiro T. Agnew]] of [[Maryland]], for the second slot on the ticket.<ref>Billy Hathorn, "Cramer v. Kirk: The Florida Republican Schism of 1970", ''Florida Historical Quarterly'' (April 1990), pp. 409-410</ref>
Oddly, like the late Governor Claude R. Kirk, Jr., of [[Florida]], Timmons himself once sought to run for vice president, but the position is now selected by a party's presidential nominee. Timmons offered his candidacy in 1940, when his friend [[John Nance Garner]] declined to join President Roosevelt in seeking a third term. In 1968, the [[Republican]] Kirk "ran" with the understanding that he would complement a ticket headed by either [[Richard M. Nixon]] or [[Nelson A. Rockefeller]]. Nixon, the successful nominee, however, tapped Governor [[Spiro T. Agnew]] of [[Maryland]], for the second slot on the ticket.<ref>Billy Hathorn, "Cramer v. Kirk: The Florida Republican Schism of 1970", ''Florida Historical Quarterly'' (April 1990), pp. 409-410</ref>