Garret Hobart

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Garret Hobart
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24th Vice President of the United States
In office March 4 1897 – November 21 1899
Preceded by	Adlai E. Stevenson
Succeeded by	Theodore Roosevelt
President	William McKinley

Born	June 3 1844 Long Branch, New Jersey
Died	November 21 1899 Paterson, New Jersey
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Jennie Tuttle Hobart

Garret Augustus Hobart (June 3 1844 – November 21 1899) was the 24th Vice President of the United States.

He was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, and grew up in Marlboro Township. He graduated from Rutgers College in 1863. He was admitted to the bar, and practiced in Paterson.

Hobart served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1872 to 1876, serving as speaker in 1874. He was a member of the New Jersey Senate from 1876 to 1882, serving as its president in 1881.

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He was nominated as the Republican candidate for Vice President on the ticket with William McKinley, and was elected in the 1896 presidential election.

He served as Vice President from March 4 1897, until his death from heart failure in Paterson, New Jersey on November 21, 1899, aged 55. Hobart is interred in Cedar Lawn Cemetery

During his tenure as Vice President, his wife Jennie Hobart frequently performed the duties of First Lady because Ida Saxton McKinley, wife of President of the United States William McKinley suffered from epilepsy.

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Preceded by: Whitelaw Reid	Republican Party Vice Presidential nominee 1896 (won)	Succeeded by: Theodore Roosevelt
Preceded by: Adlai E. Stevenson	Vice President of the United States March 4 1897 – November 21 1899	Succeeded by: Theodore Roosevelt

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