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(1869-07-17) Sabinal, Texas, U.S.
Died	August 17, 1948(1948-08-17) (aged 79)
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	John Nance Garner
Relations	John Peter Rheiner and Mary Elizabeth Watson
Children	Tully Charles Garner

Ettie R. Garner Hall is the women's dormitory at Southwest Texas Junior College in Uvalde, named for the wife of the former Vice President of the United States John Nance Garner.

Mariette Elizabeth 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

1. ^ Mariette Rheiner Garner
2. ^ "Milestones," Time, 30 August 1948

Honorary titles
Preceded by Caro Dawes	Second Lady of the United States 1933-1941	Succeeded by Ilo Wallace

Persondata
Name	Garner, Mariette
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1869-07-17
Place of birth	Sabinal, Texas, U.S.
Date of death	1948-08-17
Place of death