Garret Hobart

Garret Augustus Hobart
Vice President of the United States
In office March 4, 1897 – November 21, 1899
Preceded by	Adlai Ewing Stevenson, I
Succeeded by	Theodore Roosevelt
State Senator for Passiac County, New Jersey
In office 1877–1892
President of the New Jersey Senate
In office 1881–1882
Preceded by	William Sewell
Succeeded by	John J. Gardner
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly
In office 1873–1874
Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly
In office 1874–1874
Preceded by	Isaac L. Fisher
Succeeded by	George O. Vanderbilt
Chairman of the New Jersey Republican Party
In office 1880–1891
Succeeded by	John Kean
Born	June 3, 1844 Long Branch, New Jersey
Died	November 21, 1899 (aged 55) Paterson, New Jersey
Spouse(s)	Jennie Tuttle Hobart
Alma mater	Rutgers University
Occupation	Attorney

Garret Augustus Hobart (June 3, 1844 – November 21, 1899) was an attorney and a state legislator from New Jersey who became the United States Vice President of the United States in the first term of President William McKinley. Hobart's death at the age of fifty-five prompted the 1900 Republican National Convention to nominate Theodore Roosevelt for the vice presidency when McKinley sought reelection. In 1901, upon McKinley'a assassination, Roosevelt became the youngest ever U.S. President. Had Hobart lived, there may never have been a Theodore Roosevelt presidency, for he, not Roosevelt, would have succeeded McKinley.