John Nance Garner House, Camp Wood, Real County, TX

1998 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Third Place

Significance: John Nance Garner, the thrity-second Vice President of the United States lived in this small frame-house for the last nineteen years of his life. Born in 1868 in Detroit, Texas, Garner moved to Uvalde in 1890, where his law and political career began. A position as county judge soon led to his election to the State Legislature, where he served until 1903. A life-long Democrat, Garner became the first Representative from the newly created fifteenth-congressional district. This was the beginning of a three decade career in the United States Congress. After serving as Speaker of the House for one year, he was elected Vice President under Franklin Roosevelt in 1932; he held this position for eight years until 1941...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N731

Survey number: HABS TX-3489

Building/structure dates: 1920 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1987

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76002074

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1920 - 1980

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