Editing Garret Hobart (section)

== Legacy ==
[[File:Hobart statue 2012.jpg|thumb|200px|A statue of Hobart by [[Philip Martiny]] outside of City Hall in [[Paterson, New Jersey]]]]
Hobart significantly expanded the powers of the vice presidency, becoming a presidential adviser, and taking a leadership role as president of the Senate.{{sfn|Miller Center, "Hobart"}} Between his advisory and leadership roles, he was perhaps the most influential vice president since [[Martin Van Buren]].<ref name="witcover">{{cite book|last1=Witcover|first1=Jules|title=The American Vice Presidency|date=2014|publisher=Smithsonian Books|page=227}}</ref> Although David Magie, writing in 1910, stated that Hobart's death "fixed his memory at the height of his fame",{{sfn|Magie|p=263}} the former vice president today is little remembered. To date, the only in-depth biographies of Hobart are the one written in 1910 by Magie, as well as a 1930 memoir written by Hobart's wife Jennie on the couple's life in Washington D.C.{{sfn|Connolly|p=39}} According to Hatfield, he is best known for his death, clearing the way for the ascent of [[Governor of New York|New York Governor]] [[Theodore Roosevelt]], who took Hobart's place on the Republican ticket in 1900 and succeeded as president after [[Assassination of William McKinley|McKinley's assassination]] in 1901.{{sfn|Hatfield|p=292}}

Connolly finds Hobart to be very much a man of his times:

{{Blockquote|The public increasingly identified Republicans with the union of big business, big money, and big government, a union that ignited a Progressive reaction after 1900. Vice President Garret A. Hobart directed that union as lawyer, business receiver and director, and New Jersey Republican. He represented everything Progressives hated: a railroad advocate when railroads became America's most mistrusted industry, a corporate attorney who facilitated the agglomeration of capital when the public revolted against monopolies and trusts, a financial operator who used his political insight to capture lucrative business opportunities, and a national leader who moved easily between the worlds of political pull and economic power. As much as Hanna or any Gilded Age business-politician, Hobart symbolized the era.{{sfn|Connolly|p=39}}}}

[[File:Gahobart.jpg|thumb|right|159px|1901 bust of Hobart by [[Francis Edwin Elwell|Frank Elwell]], part of the [[United States Senate Vice Presidential Bust Collection|US. Senate Bust Collection]]]]

Roosevelt, Hobart's successor, praised Hobart. The day after Hobart's death, he stated:

{{Blockquote|What he did was done not by force of position, but by force of character, his rare tact, his extraordinary common sense, and the impression of sincerity he created upon every man with whom he was brought in contact.<ref name=":SenateBust">{{cite web|title=Garret Augustus Hobart (1844-1899)|publisher=[[GovInfo]]|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CDOC-107sdoc11/pdf/GPO-CDOC-107sdoc11-2-58.pdf|accessdate=2024-02-09}}</ref>}}

A statue of Hobart, erected in 1903, stands outside Paterson's city hall.{{sfn|Hatfield|p=292}} The communities of [[Hobart, Oklahoma]], and [[Hobart, Washington|Hobart]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], are named after the former vice president.{{sfn|''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma'', "Hobart"}}

During his vice presidency, Hobart was asked to select a sculptor to create a marble bust of his likeness for the [[United States Senate Vice Presidential Bust Collection]]. However, he delayed the decision and died before he could select someone. Jennie Hobart later chose the prominent New Jersey sculptor [[Francis Edwin Elwell|Frank Edwin Elwell]], and Elwell completed it in 1901. That same year, it was placed in the [[United States Capitol|U.S. Capitol Building]].<ref name=":SenateBust"/>