Cactus Jack

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Cactus Jack was the colorful nickname of John Nance Garner, a powerful early 20th-century American politician who served as vice president under Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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John Nance Garner 0
Cactus Jack Garner 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
Vice President of the United States
human
member of the United States House of Representatives
nickname
birthDate 1868-11-22
birthPlace Red River County, Texas
continentOfCitizenship North America
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
United States of America
deathDate 1967-11-07
deathPlace Uvalde, Texas
era early 20th century American politics
familyName Garner
givenName John
knownFor blunt speaking style
influence in the U.S. House of Representatives
languageSpoken English
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
middleName Nance
nickname Cactus Jack self-linksurface differs
notableFor colorful political personality
service as Vice President under Franklin D. Roosevelt
occupation lawyer
politician
officeLocationAsVicePresident Washington, D.C.
orderInOffice 32nd Vice President of the United States
39th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
partOf Roosevelt administration
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal era leadership
politicalAlignment conservative Democrat
positionHeld Member of the United States House of Representatives
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
Vice President of the United States
presidentialAdministration Roosevelt administration
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt administration
refersTo John Nance Garner
residence Uvalde, Texas
saidToBeTheSameAs Cactus Jack
surface form: Cactus Jack Garner
sexOrGender male
stateRepresentedInHouse Texas
termEndAsSpeaker 1933
termEndAsVicePresident 1941
termStartAsSpeaker 1931
termStartAsVicePresident 1933
vicePresidentOf United States of America
vicePresidentUnder President Franklin D. Roosevelt
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt

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John Nance Garner nickname Cactus Jack
Cactus Jack nickname Cactus Jack self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: John Nance Garner
Cactus Jack saidToBeTheSameAs Cactus Jack
this entity surface form: Cactus Jack Garner