text: John Nance Garner IV ( November 22 , 1868 -- November 7 , 1967 ) , was the 44th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ( 1931 â `` 33 ) and the 32nd Vice President of the United States ( 1933 â `` 41 ) .
simplified: John Nance Garner IV nicknamed `` Cactus Jack '' ( November 22 , 1868 â `` November 7 , 1967 ) was the forty-fourth Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ( 1931-33 ) and the thirty-second Vice President of the United States ( 1933-41 ) .