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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: GovInfo - John Nance Garner (18681967).	Emily Rodriguez	Oct 10, 2024
	Media added.	Mindy Johnston	Jul 24, 2024
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Mar 05, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Nov 18, 2023
	Anniversary information added.		Nov 03, 2023
	Add new Web site: Miller Center - Biography of John N. Garner.	Thinley Kalsang Bhutia	Jun 01, 2015
	Add new Web site: United States Senate - Biography of John Nance Garner.	Aakanksha Gaur	Aug 20, 2013
	Add new Web site: Maps of World - Biography of John Nance Garner.	Aakanksha Gaur	Aug 20, 2013
	Add new Web site: Texas State Historical Association - The Handbook of Texas Online - John Nance Garner.	Aakanksha Gaur	Aug 20, 2013
	Added new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of John Nance Garner.	Neha Parwani	Jun 23, 2009
	Added new Web site: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - Biography of John Nance Garner.	Neha Parwani	Jun 23, 2009
	Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Biography of John Nance Garner.	Shiveta Singh	Nov 10, 2008
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Dec 01, 2000
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 28, 1999