Garret Hobart
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Garret Augustus Hobart was the 24th vice president of the United States, serving from 1897 until his death in 1899, under President William McKinley. A member of the Republican Party, Hobart was an influential New Jersey businessman and political operative prior to his vice presidency.
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Hobart as a young boy, c. 1858
Paterson-based lawyer Socrates Tuttle taught Hobart the law and helped advance his political career; in 1869, Hobart married Tuttle's daughter Jennie
Hobart at his desk, date unknown
Hobart's wife Jennie
A McKinley-Hobart campaign poster during the 1896 campaign
"Pioneer Cleveland", a Puck magazine cartoon showing Republicans following the path of the gold standard, which President Grover Cleveland (right) has blazed. Hobart (in a black coat just left of center) is wearing a campaign ribbon with his name on it, and walks between McKinley and former president Benjamin Harrison (with gray hat).
McKinley (left) and Hobart, photographed in Long Branch, New Jersey, during the summer of 1899In their orbit 3
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About this person
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United StatesCategory
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1844 to 1899 · aged 55
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