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Line 1: − [[Image:John garner.jpg|right|thumb]]+ − '''John Nance Garner''' '''(1868 - 1967)''' was the first Vice President under [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]. He was Vice President from 1933 to 1941. He opposed Franklin D. Roosevelt being nominated for a third term causing him not to run as his running mate in the 1940 election. He died at the age of 99. <ref> [[Fandex]], Workman publishing, 2002. </ref>+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − + − + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
copyedit - Garner apparently voted in the Texas state legislature in favor of a poll tax
{{President
|image=John garner.jpg
|office=vice
|seq=32
|term_start=March 4, 1933
|term_end=January 20, 1941
|party=Democratic
|pres=Franklin D. Roosevelt
|previous=Charles Curtis
|next=Henry A. Wallace
|birth_date=November 22, 1868
|birth_place=Red River County, Texas
|death_date=November 7, 1967
|death_place=Uvalde, Texas
|spouse=Mariette Rheiner Garner
|spouse2=
|religion=
}}
<references/>
'''John Nance Garner, III''' (November 22, 1868 – November 7, 1967) was the first [[Vice President]] under [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], serving from 1933 to 1941. He broke with Roosevelt in 1937 and led the fight against [[court packing|packing the Supreme Court]], giving Roosevelt a smashing defeat.
[[category:Vice Presidents of the United States]]
He was of course dropped from the Democratic ticket in the 1940 election. He is famous for saying the vice presidency of the United States is "not worth a pitcher of warm spit."<ref>Morrow, Lance (1991), "The Strange Destiny Of a Vice President," ''Time'' Magazine, Monday, May. 20, 1991</ref>
He died at the age of 99.<ref>[[Fandex]], Workman publishing, 2002.</ref> The Garner Museum in Uvalde, [[Texas]], and Garner State Park near Concan, also in Uvalde County, are named in his honor.
==See also==
*[[Roosevelt dictatorship]]
==References==
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{{USVicePresidents}}
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[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:Former United States Representatives]]
[[Category:Vice Presidents of the United States]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Racism]]
[[Category:New Deal]]
[[Category:Broke with FDR]]