Texas Legislators: Past & Present

John Nance Garner

Full Name: John Nance "Cactus Jack" Garner
Birth date: November 22, 1868
Death date: November 7, 1967

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 .

GARNER, John Nance (1868-1967). Representative, TX; Speaker of the House, US; Vice President, US. Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress .
John Nance Garner, birth date 11/22/1868 in Texas; death date 11/7/1967 in Uvalde Cemetery, Uvalde County; Past Vice President, U.S.A. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
John Nance Garner, birth date 11/22/1868, death date 11/7/1967, burial in Uvalde Cemetery, Uvalde County. Includes portraits, biographical sketch, and historical marker photo. Find a Grave .
GARNER, JOHN NANCE (1868-1967). Handbook of Texas Online .
Obituary and photo, "Former Vice President Cactus Jack Garner Dead at 98," "Early Years: Cactus Jack Full of Ambition," Brownwood Bulletin, 11/7/1967, pp. 1, 2, crediting Brownwood Public Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
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.
Historical markers, John Nance Garner, in Uvalde County and Red River County. Texas Historic Sites Atlas (Texas Historical Commission) . John Nance Garner Home (Red River County) John Nance Garner (Old Uvalde Cemetery, Uvalde County)

"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.