Simplify the following text for a Grade 10 native English-speaking person.
Original: Garret Augustus Hobart ( June 3 , 1844 -- November 21 , 1899 ) was the 24th Vice President of the United States ( 1897-1899 ) and the sixth Vice President to die while in office .
Simplified: Garret Augustus Hobart ( June 3 1844 â `` November 21 1899 ) was the twenty-fourth Vice President of the United States .