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2 giorni fa · John Nance Garner, who served as vice president under Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1933 to 1941, seemed spot on when he stated ‘poetically’ that the vice presidency was a worthless position. And yet, history proves otherwise. In the short period I cover in my book (1947–1974), three vice presidents became president overnight.
14 ore fa · Roosevelt and Vice President John Nance Garner were re-nominated without opposition. With the backing of party leaders, Landon defeated progressive Senator William Borah at the 1936 Republican National Convention to win his party's presidential nomination.
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2 giorni fa · The district's best-known Representative was John Nance Garner, who represented the district from its creation in 1903 until 1933, and was Speaker of the House from 1931 to 1933. He ran with Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1932 and 1936 presidential campaigns, and was elected Vice President of the United States, serving from 1933 to 1941.
1 giorno fa · Johnson was elected speaker of the "Little Congress", a group of Congressional aides, where he cultivated Congressmen, newspapermen, and lobbyists. Johnson's friends soon included aides to President Roosevelt as well as fellow Texans such as vice president John Nance Garner and congressman Sam Rayburn. [25]
14 ore fa · A recent newspaper article referenced John Nance Garner, FDR’s two-term vice president, as describing the office as “not being worth a pitcher of warm spit.” “Close, but no cigar,” says Daniel Jones, administrator of the Quayle Vice Presidential Learning Center in Huntington, Ind.
2 giorni fa · For example, Vice President John Nance Garner had little influence over Franklin D. Roosevelt’s policy decisions, while Vice President Dick Cheney was one of the most powerful figures in the Bush administration.
1 giorno fa · The House of Representatives shares equal responsibility for lawmaking with the U.S. Senate. As conceived by the framers of the Constitution, the House was to represent the popular will, and its members were to be directly elected by the people.
