Garret Hobart
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| Garret Hobart | |
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| 24th Vice-President of the United States | |
| Term of office March 4, 1897 - November 21, 1899 | |
| Political party | Republican |
| President | William McKinley |
| Preceded by | Adlai E. Stevenson |
| Succeeded by | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Born | June 3, 1844 Long Branch, New Jersey |
| Died | November 21, 1899 Paterson, New Jersey |
| Spouse | Jennie Tuttle Hobart |
Garret Hobart (1844 - 1899) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio, and the United States Vice President under William McKinley. His 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.
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