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John Nance Garner

1868 - 1967

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John Nance Garner III (November 22, 1868 – November 7, 1967), known among his contemporaries as "Cactus Jack", was the 32nd vice president of the United States, serving from 1933 to 1941 under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. A member of the Democratic Party, Garner served as the 39th speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1931 to 1933, having been a U.S. representative from Texas from 1903 to 1933. Garner and Schuyler Colfax are the only politicians to have served as presiding officers of both chambers of the U.S. Congress as speaker of the House and vice president of the United States. Garner began his political career as the county judge of Uvalde County, Texas. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Nance Garner is the 620th most popular politician (up from 11,192nd in 2019), the 193rd most popular biography from United States (up from 4,080th in 2019) and the 36th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, John Nance Garner ranks 620 out of 19,576. Before him are Farouk of Egypt, Charles XIII of Sweden, Yaroslav the Wise, Menkaure, John, King of Denmark, and Idi Amin. After him are Alexios I Komnenos, Stateira II, Robert Clive, Moshe Dayan, Taejo of Joseon, and Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, John Nance Garner ranks 8. Before him are Maxim Gorky, Robert Falcon Scott, Karl Landsteiner, Miklós Horthy, Fritz Haber, and Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria. After him are Abdulmejid II, W. E. B. Du Bois, Robert Andrews Millikan, Constantine I of Greece, Emanuel Lasker, and Arnold Sommerfeld. Among people deceased in 1967, John Nance Garner ranks 7. Before him are Che Guevara, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Puyi, Konrad Adenauer, René Magritte, and Vivien Leigh. After him are Albert Lutuli, Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, Ed White, Spencer Tracy, Mohammad Mosaddegh, and Vladimir Komarov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Nance Garner ranks 193 out of 20,380. Before him are Judy Garland (1922), Bob Ross (1942), Stan Lee (1922), Jackson Pollock (1912), David Woodard (1964), and James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834). After him are Tom Hanks (1956), John Jay (1745), Brad Pitt (1963), Gene Cernan (1934), Whitney Houston (1963), and William James Sidis (1898).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, John Nance Garner ranks 36. Before him are Gerald Ford (1913), Lyndon B. Johnson (1908), John Adams (1735), Daniel D. Tompkins (1774), William R. King (1786), and Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. (1888). After him are Herbert Hoover (1874), James Monroe (1758), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (1954), Grover Cleveland (1837), James Madison (1751), and Sitting Bull (1831).

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