Preceded by Caro Blymyer Dawes Name Mariette Garner Succeeded by Ilo Wallace Role John Nance Garner's wife | Political party Democratic Party Democratic Party Children Tully Charles Garner | |
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Full Name Mariette Elizabeth Rheiner Born July 17, 1869
Sabinal, Texas, U.S. ( 1869-07-17 ) Relations John Peter Rheiner and Mary Elizabeth Watson Died August 17, 1948, Uvalde, Texas, United States Spouse John Nance Garner (m. 1895) | ||
Mariette Elizabeth Rheiner Garner, known as Ettie R. Garner (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.
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, 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).
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.