John Nance Garner famously quipped that the vice presidency "is not worth a bucket of warm spit!" Yet despite that less than glowing description from President Franklin D. Roosevelt's first ...

Vice President & Mrs. John Nance (“Cactus Jack”) Garner last week dined at the White House (he in white tie & tails). Contrary to report, Cactus Jack likes the party that the President gives ...

Farewells filled President Hoover’s final week in the White House. The last State dinner was for Speaker John Nance Garner, uncomfortable in evening clothes. There was a tea party for the White ...