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Jun 03, 1844 Long Branch, New Jersey, United States Died on 21 Nov 1899 (aged 55)
U.S. Vice President
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About Garret Hobart
- Garret Augustus Hobart (June 3, 1844 – November 21, 1899) was the 24th vice president of the United States, serving from 1897 until his death.
- He was the sixth American vice president to die in office. Hobart was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, on the Jersey Shore, and grew up in nearby Marlboro.
- After attending Rutgers College, Hobart read law with prominent Paterson attorney Socrates Tuttle.
- The two studied together, and Hobart married Tuttle's daughter Jennie.
- Although he rarely set foot in a courtroom, Hobart became wealthy as a corporate lawyer. Hobart served in local governmental positions, and then successfully ran for office as a Republican, serving in both the New Jersey General Assembly and the New Jersey Senate.
- He became Speaker of the first, and president of the latter.
- Hobart was a longtime party official, and New Jersey delegates went to the 1896 Republican National Convention determined to nominate the popular lawyer for vice president.
- Hobart's political views were similar to those of McKinley, who was the presumptive Republican presidential candidate.
- With New Jersey, a key state in the upcoming election, McKinley and his close adviser, future senator Mark Hanna, decided to have the convention select Hobart.
- The vice-presidential candidate emulated his running mate with a front porch campaign, though spending much time at the campaign's New York City office.
- McKinley and Hobart were elected. As vice president, Hobart proved a popular figure in Washington and was a close adviser to McKinley.
- Hobart's tact and good humor were valuable to the President, as in mid-1899 when Secretary of War Russell Alger failed to understand that McKinley wanted him to leave office.
- Hobart invited Alger to his New Jersey summer home and broke the news to the secretary, who submitted his resignation to McKinley on his return to Washington.
- Hobart died on November 21, 1899 of heart disease at age 55; his place on the Republican ticket in 1900 was taken by New York Governor Theodore Roosevelt.
