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(Monday, June 3, 1844) — Garret Hobart, the 24th Vice President of the United States, was born today in Long Branch, New Jersey.

Hobart would serve under President William McKinley, a Republican, from 1897 to his death in 1899.

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As vice president, Hobart proved a popular figure in Washington and was a close adviser to McKinley.

Hobart’s tact and good humor were valuable to the President, as in mid-1899 when Secretary of War Russell Alger failed to understand that McKinley wanted him to leave office.

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Hobart invited Alger to his New Jersey summer home and broke the news to the secretary, who submitted his resignation to McKinley on his return to Washington.

Hobart died on November 21, 1899, of heart disease at age 55; his place on the Republican ticket in 1900 was taken by Theodore Roosevelt.