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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—USGarret Augustus HOBART
(1844-1899)
HOBART, Garret Augustus, a
Vice President of the United States; born near Long Branch,
Monmouth County, N.J., June 3, 1844; attended the common schools
and graduated from Rutgers College, New Brunswick, N.J., in 1863;
taught school; clerk for the grand jury of Passaic County, N.J., in
1865; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1866 and commenced
practice at Paterson, N.J.; city counsel of Paterson in 1871 and
1872; elected counsel for the board of freeholders in 1872; member,
State house of assembly 1872-1876, and served as speaker in 1874;
member, State senate 1876-1882, and served as president 1881-1882;
banker; member of the Republican National Committee 1884-1896, when
he was nominated as the Republican candidate for vice president on
the ticket with William McKinley; elected Vice President of the
United States in 1896 and served from March 4, 1897, until his
death in Paterson, N.J., on November 21, 1899; interment in Cedar
Lawn Cemetery.
Bibliography
American National Biography; Dictionary of American
Biography; Hobart, Jennie Tuttle. Memories. Patterson,
N.J.: n.p., 1930; Magie, David. The Life of Garret Augustus
Hobart. New York: Putnam’s, 1910.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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