John Nance Garner

John Nance Garner III, sometimes nicknamed Cactus Jack, is the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives potential candidate for the Democratic Party in the 1932 Presidential election. Garner, much like fellow candidate Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., tossed his hat into the ring in case the big three, consisting of the reformist Franklin D. Roosevelt, the radical Huey Long and the lukewarm Al Smith, were not seen as competent candidates for the nomination. Despite this, Garner has thrown support behind the New Deal, as proposed by FDR, and a deal could be worked out between the two; however the lengths of which he supports the deal are not as high as one might hope, opposing its proposed deficit spending and labour union strikes. Garner does seek out the nomination, however, believing he would be a just President.