John Nance Garner Home
Uvalde, Uvalde County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Memorial to Ettie R. Garner, secretary to her husband in his long career as a statesman. John Nance Garner, born Nov. 22, 1868, was in Texas Legislature, 1898-1902; U.S. Congress, 1902-1932 (Speaker of the House in last term); Vice-President of the United States, 1933-1941. This home, built 1920, scene of visits of world figures, given to Uvalde by Vice-President Garner and son Tully in 1952. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1965.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
John Nance Garner rose from the Texas Legislature to a thirty-year run in Congress, capping it as Speaker of the House before serving two terms as Franklin Roosevelt's vice president from 1933 to 1941. This 1920 Uvalde home hosted world figures during those years at the center of national politics, and Garner and his son gave it to the city in 1952. The marker frames itself as a tribute to Ettie Garner, who served as her husband's secretary throughout his long public career.
Why it matters
The home of a Speaker of the House and vice president anchors small-town Texas to the machinery of New Deal–era Washington, and its dedication to Ettie Garner quietly credits the political partner whose work rarely made the record.
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