John Nance Garner

thumb John Nance "Cactus Jack" Garner (November 22, 1868 – November 7, 1967) was a U.S. representative from Texas, the thirty-second vice president of the United States and the forty-fourth speaker of the United States House of Representatives. Quotes Not worth a bucket of warm piss. Comment to Lyndon B. Johnson on the vice presidency, widely attributed to Garner as early as 1964. For many years, this quote was bowdlerized (censored) as "warm spit." Worst damnfool mistake I ever made was letting myself be elected Vice President of the United States. Should have stuck with my old chores as Speaker of the House. I gave up the second most important job in the Government for one that didn't amount to a hill of beans. I spent eight long years as Mr. Roosevelt's spare tire. I might still be Speaker if I didn't let them elect me Vice-President. Comment shortly after leaving office, on leaving his post as speaker of the United States House of Representative to become the vice president, quoted by Frank X. Tolbert, "What is Cactus Jack Up to Now," Saturday Evening Post (November 2, 1963) and recounted in Alden Whitman's obituary of Garner in the New York Times (November 8, 1967). You have to do a little bragging on yourself even to your relatives—man just doesn’t get anywhere without advertising. Attributed in Forbes, August 18, 1980(Volume 126, Number 4) External links John Garner Category:Politicians from Texas Category:1868 births Category:1967 deaths Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives Category:Vice Presidents of the United States Category:United States presidential candidates, 1940 Category:United States presidential candidates, 1932 Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians Category:Speakers of the United States House of Representatives Category:Lawyers from the United States Category:Judges from the United States Category:Methodists from the United States