John Nance Garner Quotes
The vice presidency ain't worth a pitcher of warm spit.
It it alleged that in the original quotation "warm piss" was the phrase used, but the delicacies of the times caused the biographer to clean it up.
John Nance Garner, 1868-1967, Vice President of the United States (Democrat, TX), Speaker of the House, Quoted in Timmins, Garner of Texas, 1948
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They never met. Harrison lost to Barkley by a single vote. Harrison’s fellow Senator from Mississippi was Theodore Bilbo, 1877-1947, a notorious racist and demagogue and Harrison would have nothing to do with Bilbo. However, in 1937 Harrison was a candidate for the Senate Majority Leader and appeared tied with Alben Barkley. Bilbo sent word to Harrison that if he would meet with him, Bilbo would vote for Harrison.
This was the country which for the first time in its history, the U. S. lost a war.
Referring to apathetic Canadian voters: Canada's first female Prime Minister
Referring to John Foster Dulles:
Referring to Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, 1867-1947: 1st Baron & 1st Marquis Curzon of Kedleston
John Nance Garner III, known among his contemporaries as "Cactus Jack", was an American Democratic politician and lawyer from Texas. He was the 32nd vice president of the United States, serving from 1933 to 1941. He was also the 39th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1931 to 1933. Along with Schuyler Colfax, Garner is one of only two individuals to serve as both vice president of the United States and speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
