Mariette Rheiner Garner
Mariette Rheiner Garner | |
|---|---|
| Second Lady of the United States | |
| In office March 4, 1933 – January 20, 1941 | |
| Preceded by | Caro Blymyer Dawes |
| Succeeded by | Ilo Wallace |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 17, 1869 Sabinal, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | August 17, 1948 (aged 79) |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | John Nance Garner |
| Relations | John Peter Rheiner and Mary Elizabeth Watson |
| Children | Tully Charles Garner |
Mariette Rheiner Garner, known as Ettie R. Garner (17 July 1869—17 August 1948) was the wife of John Nance Garner, the 32nd Vice-President of the United States, who served from 1933 until 1941.[1]
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.
In 1893, Mariette Rheiner ran for Uvalde County judge, but was defeated by the incumbent, John Nance Garner, a lawyer, though women at the time could not vote in Texas. Two years later, on 25 November 1895, she married Garner in Sabinal, Texas. They had one child, a son, Tully Charles Garner (1896—1968).
During her husband's tenure in the U.S. House of Representatives, from 1903 to 1933, Ettie Garner served as his private secretary.
She died of a neurological ailment a month after her 79th birthday.[2]
References
- ^ Mariette Rheiner Garner
- ^ "Milestones," Time, 30 August 1948