Hobart, Garret A

Hobart, Garret A

▪ vice president of United States
born June 3, 1844, Long Branch, N.J., U.S.
died Nov. 21, 1899, Paterson, N.J.
 24th vice president of the United States (1897–99) in the Republican administration of President William McKinley (McKinley, William).

      Hobart was the son of Addison Willard Hobart, a schoolteacher, and Sophia Vandeveer. Admitted to the New Jersey bar in 1869, Hobart began practicing law in Paterson and soon won a wide reputation in business and legal circles. His political career began with a term in the state assembly (1873–75). Later he was a state senator (1877–82) and served as its president for two years. He also served as chairman of the state Republican committee (1880–91) and became a member of the Republican National Committee in 1884.

      McKinley was nominated for president in 1896 on a platform supporting the gold standard and a high tariff. After Thomas Reed (Reed, Thomas B) rejected nomination as vice president, Hobart was deemed a natural choice for second place on the ticket; he came from a densely populated state and was an avid supporter of the gold standard. Unlike many 19th-century vice presidents, while in office he enjoyed an unusually close relationship with the president and was often consulted on major policy issues. His most important act as vice president took place in 1899 at the close of the Spanish-American War, when he cast the tie-breaking vote against a Senate resolution favouring a provision in the treaty with Spain (the Treaty of Paris (Paris, Treaty of)) that would have promised future independence for the Philippine Islands.

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