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 in
Hobart, c. 1897
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
A McKinley-Hobart campaign poster during the 1896 campaign
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 3, 1896. Former Governor William McKinley, the Republican nominee, defeated former Representative William Jennings Bryan, the Democrat
Garret Hobart
…law practice which according to Hobart's legislative biography was highly profitable. He was rarely seen in a courtroom; his official biography for the 1896 campaign acknowledged that "he has actually appeared in court a smaller number of times than, perhaps, any lawyer in Passaic County". Hobart's real work was in…
William Mc Kinley by Courtney Art Studio, 1896
William Jennings Bryan 2
Bryan's famous "cross of gold" speech gave him the presidential nomination and swung the party to the silver cause