How John Nance Garner Became Texas’ Most Colorful Politician
One of only two men to serve as both the leader of the House and Senate, with a political career spanning 42 years, John Nance Garner became a sort-of father figure to the members of the Democratic Party and gained a reputation for being a gifted backroom politician.
But despite serving term terms as the 32nd Vice President during Franklin Roosevelt's first two terms, John's seeming disloyalty - that is, his criticism of Roosevelt running for a third term in 1940 - saw him thrown off the 1940 ticket and replaced with Henry A. Wallace.
When he left the office of Vice President, he ended his life of public service, instead retiring to his home in Texas and becoming a sort of unofficial political advisor to any Democrat who needed it.
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