GARRET

See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

AUGUSTUS

See also:

• HOBART
• GARRET AUGUSTUS HOBART (1844–1899)
• HOBART, JOHN HENRY (1775-1830)

HOBART (1844–1899)  , Vice-President of the United States 1897–1899, was born at Long Branch, N.J., on the 3rd of June 1844 . He graduated at Rutgers College in 1863, was admitted to the bar in 1869, practised law at Paterson, N.J., and rose to prominence in the State . He was long conspicuous in the State Republican organization, was chairman of the New Jersey State Republican Committee from 188o to 1890, became a member in 1884 of the Republican National Committee, and was the delegate-at-large from New Jersey to five successive Republican national nominating conventions . He served in the New Jersey Assembly in 1873–1874, and in the New Jersey Senate in 1877–1882, and was speaker of the Assembly m 1874 and president of the Senate in 1881 and 1882 . He was also prominent and successful in business and accumulated a large fortune . He accepted the nomination as Vice-President in 1896, on the ticket with President McKinley, and was elected; but while still in office he died at Paterson, N.J., on the 21st of November 1899 . See the Life (New York, 191o) by David Magie .