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John Nance Garner Full Name: John Nance "Cactus Jack" Garner Date of birth: November 22, 1868 Date of death: November 7, 1967 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 91 Jan 8, 1901 - Jan 13, 1903 27th   Democrat Uvalde / Uvalde   Dimmit, Frio, La Salle, McMullen, Medina, Uvalde, Zavala H 91 Jan 10, 1899 - Jan 8, 1901 26th   Democrat Uvalde / Uvalde   Dimmit, Frio, La Salle, McMullen, Medina, Uvalde, Zavala   Biographical Notes and Resources top Selected Newspaper articles Resolutions and Journal entries 56th Legislature, 2nd C.S., SCR 9, the only man in American history who presided in uninterrupted succession over both houses of Congress, first as Speaker of the House of Representatives, 1931-33, and as Vice President of the United States, 1933-41. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. 63rd Legislature, R.S., SCR 112. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. 60th Legislature, 1st C.S., SCR 2. Resolutions - Memorial. Biographical Sketches GARNER, John Nance (1868-1967). Representative, TX; Speaker of the House, US; Vice President, US. Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress 1774-Present. GARNER, JOHN NANCE (1868-1967). Handbook of Texas Online. Photos and biographical sketch. First Texan to serve as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatitives and as vice president of the United States. Profiles in Power: Twentieth-Century Texans in Washington, 2004. "Statesman on Horseback: Judge, Senator, State Treasurer and Railroad Commissioner, C.V. Terrell Was Confidant of Eight Texas Governors," by A. Garland Adair, January 1960, pp. 10-12, biographical sketch, painting & photo. Mentions John Garner. Texas Parade. Biographical sketch, John N. Garner, pp. 129-130. Born 11/22/1870 in Red River County. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas, 1901. Other Resources John Nance Garner, birth date 11/22/1868, death date 11/7/1967, photos, historical marker, burial in Uvalde Cemetery, Uvalde County. Find a Grave. Photographs Photograph. Jno. N. Garner, 27th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Jno. N. Garner, 26th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 26th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 27th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 27th R.S. - 1901 Asylums   Congressional Districts   Internal Improvements   Judiciary No. 2 (Chair)  Revenue and Taxation   26th R.S. - 1899 Internal Improvements   Judiciary No. 2   Public Lands and Land Office   Stock and Stock Raising

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