Talk:John Nance Garner
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This seems like strange wording: Garner was born near Detroit, Red River County, Texas, and was a Cherokee Indian on his father's side. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1890, and began practice in Uvalde, Uvalde County, Texas. He was a judge of Uvalde County from 1893 to 1896 and a member of the state House of Representatives from 1898 to 1902. I can't think of an appropriate revision, though
About a fourth of the way down the article it reads 'Garner supported federal intervention to break up the first sit-down strike'. The title of the link that it goes to is flint not first. I don't know enough history to know what is right. AusME 07:49, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
"Flint Sit-Down Strike" is correct. It is a famous event in labor history.
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[edit] Suggestion
Should we add, that Garner's first term as VP was shortend by the 20th Amendment of the US Constitution? GoodDay 21:45, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
- Done. I couldn't get this fact to flow in the mainstream of the article so I added it to Trivia. Newyorkbrad 21:57, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] he and Colfax the only ones to preside over both houses?
We currently state:
- As the Vice President is also the President of the Senate, this means that Garner and Colfax are the only people in history to have served as the presiding officer of both houses of Congress.
But is this really true? Theodore Sedgwick, Joseph B. Varnum, and Nathaniel Macon all served as both President pro tempore and as Speaker. It seems arguable, at least, that they also served as presiding officer of both houses of Congress. john k 04:46, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Alternative History Fiction Contaminating This Article
I have removed some bullet points from the trivia section of this article that imply that the 1933 attempt on FDR's life in Miami, Florida did not fail and Garner became President. While a popular branching event for alternative history buffs, it simply is not true. Roosevelt died in 1945 while in office. Garner was never President. I was present at his 98th birthday party, and they would have mentioned it.
[edit] Dubious assertion
"When it became evident that Roosevelt would win the nomination, Garner cut a deal with the front-runner, becoming Roosevelt's Vice Presidential candidate." I added {{dubious}} to this. Compare what e.g. http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/VP_John_Garner.htm says:
"After three ballots, during which Garner's numbers increased marginally, Roosevelt's strategists realized that without Garner's support they would never achieve the necessary two-thirds vote that the party's century-old rule mandated for nomination. They feared they were about to lose the Mississippi delegation, which operated under a rule that gave all twenty of its votes to the candidate favored by a simple majority of its members. To break the impasse, Roosevelt campaign manager James Farley called Garner's campaign manager, Representative Sam Rayburn, to a meeting in Mississippi Senator Pat Harrison's hotel room. They agreed to ask Garner to transfer his delegates to Roosevelt in return for the vice-presidential nomination. Garner reluctantly agreed in order to avoid the type of deadlocked convention that in 1924 had produced the unsatisfying compromise candidacy of John W. Davis and his losing campaign." Vints (talk) 18:51, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
