Garret Hobart

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Garret Augustus Hobart


In office
March 4, 1897 – November 21, 1899
Preceded by Adlai Ewing Stevenson, I
Succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt

State Senator for
Passiac County, New Jersey
In office
1877–1892

President of the New Jersey Senate
In office
1881–1882
Preceded by William Sewell
Succeeded by John J. Gardner

Member of the
New Jersey General Assembly
In office
1873–1874

Speaker of the
New Jersey General Assembly
In office
1874–1874
Preceded by Isaac L. Fisher
Succeeded by George O. Vanderbilt

Chairman of the
New Jersey Republican Party
In office
1880–1891
Succeeded by John Kean

Born June 3, 1844
Long Branch, New Jersey
Died November 21, 1899 (aged 55)
Paterson, New Jersey
Spouse(s) Jennie Tuttle Hobart
Alma mater Rutgers University
Occupation Attorney

Garret Augustus Hobart (June 3, 1844 – November 21, 1899) was an attorney and a state legislator from New Jersey who became the United States Vice President of the United States in the first term of President William McKinley. Hobart's 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's 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.[1]


Reference

  1. Lawrence W. Reed. The Man Who Might Have Saved America from Woodrow Wilson. Fee.org. Retrieved on June 28, 2018.