Mariette Rheiner Garner

Mariette Elizabeth "Ettie" Garner (née Rheiner; July 17, 1869 – August 17, 1948) was the wife of John Nance Garner, the 32nd Vice President of the United States, who served from 1933 until 1941.[1]

Mariette Rheiner Garner
Second Lady of the United States
In role
March 4, 1933 – January 20, 1941
Vice PresidentJohn Nance Garner
Preceded byCaro Dawes (1929)
Succeeded byIlo Wallace
Personal details
Born
Mariette Elizabeth Rheiner

(1869-07-17)July 17, 1869
Sabinal, Fifth Military District, U.S.
DiedAugust 17, 1948(1948-08-17) (aged 79)
Uvalde, Texas, U.S.
Resting placeUvalde Cemetery, Texas
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1895)​
Children1
Ettie R. Garner Hall is the women's dormitory at Southwest Texas Junior College in Uvalde, named for the wife of the former Vice President of the United States John Nance Garner.

Biography

Born in Sabinal, Texas, she was a daughter of John Peter Rheiner, a Swiss immigrant who became a Texas rancher, and his first wife, the former Mary Elizabeth Watson.[2]

In 1893, although women in Texas could not vote at the time, Mariette Rheiner ran for Uvalde County judge, but 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]

During her husband's tenure in the U.S. House of Representatives, from 1903 to 1933, Ettie Garner served as his private secretary.[2]

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.[3][2]

References
  1. Mariette Rheiner Garner
  2. "Our Campaigns - Candidate - Marietta Elizabeth Rheiner "Ettie" Garner". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  3. "Milestones," Time, 30 August 1948
Honorary titles
Vacant
Title last held by
Caro Dawes		 Second Lady of the United States
1933–1941		 Succeeded by
Ilo Wallace
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