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Hobart, Garret Augustus 1844-

Lawyer; born in Long Branch, N. J., June 3, 1844; was graduated at Rutgers College in 1863; admitted to the bar in 1866; and began practice in Paterson, N. J. In 1872 he was elected to the State Assembly; in 1873 was re-elected and chosen speaker; and in 1874 declined a renomination to the Assembly and was elected to the Senate, to which he was re-elected in 1879. [394] In 1881 and 1882 he was president of the Senate. In 1896 he was elected Vice-President of the United States on the ticket with Mr. McKinley, and served till his death, in Paterson, N. J., Nov. 2, 1899. He was connected with a large

Garret Augustus Hobart.

number of financial concerns; was a man of exceptional personal magnetism, and ably supported President McKinley in the trying days of 1898.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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