Mariette Rheiner Garner
Mariette Rheiner Garner | |
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Second Lady of the United States | |
In role March 4, 1933 – January 20, 1941 | |
Vice President | John Nance Garner |
Preceded by | Caro Dawes |
Succeeded by | Ilo Wallace |
Personal details | |
Born | Mariette Elizabeth Rheiner (1869-07-17)July 17, 1869 Sabinal, Fifth Military District, U.S. |
Died | August 17, 1948(1948-08-17) (aged 79) Uvalde, Texas, U.S. |
Resting place | Uvalde Cemetery, Texas |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | John Nance Garner (m. 1895) |
Children | 1 |
Mariette Elizabeth "Ettie" Rheiner Garner (July 17, 1869 – August 17, 1948) was the wife of John Nance Garner, the 32nd vice president of the United States, and thus second lady of the United States from 1933 to 1941.[1]
Biography
Mariette Elizabeth "Ettie" Rheiner Garner was born in Sabinal, Texas, to John Peter Rheiner, a Swiss immigrant who became a Texas rancher, and his first wife, the former Mary Elizabeth Watson.[2][3]
Runs for Uvalde County Judge, 1893
In 1893, although women in Texas could not vote at the time, Mariette Rheiner ran for Uvalde County judge. She was defeated by the incumbent, John Nance Garner. Two years later, on November 25, 1895, she married Garner in Sabinal, Texas. They had one child, a son, Tully Charles Garner (1896–1968). In an interview in 1940, she denied running against Garner.[2]
Washington, DC years
During her husband's tenure in the U.S. House of Representatives, from 1903 to 1933, Ettie Garner served as his private secretary.[2], prior to her role as second lady of the United States.
She suffered from Parkinson's disease from 1942 to 1948, slipped into a two-day coma and died in Uvalde, Texas, on August 17, 1948, a month after her 79th birthday.[4][2]
References
External links
Media related to Mariette Rheiner Garner at Wikimedia Commons
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Vacant Title last held by Caro Dawes | Second Lady of the United States 1933–1941 | Succeeded by |
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