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Herbert Hoover, mining engineer, humanitarian, statesman, and 31st President of the United States, was born August 10, 1874 in a simple two-room cottage in West Branch, Iowa. His Quaker family had helped settle the town, and their principles of honesty, hard work, simplicity, and generosity guided Hoover throughout his life of service to the nation and the world.
Herbert Hoover. The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace is a remarkable organization that was founded by an extraordinary individual, Herbert Hoover. Orphaned at the age of ten, at seventeen, Hoover joined four hundred students at Stanford University for inaugural ceremonies that opened the university on October 1, 1891.
Jan 28, 2019 · Hoover was well known as an effective organizer and administrator. During the First World War, he played a key part in organizing war relief efforts. He was the head of the American Relief Committee who helped 120,000 Americans who were trapped in Europe. He later headed the Commission of Relief of Belgium.
Herbert Hoover, (born Aug. 10, 1874, West Branch, Iowa, U.S.—died Oct. 20, 1964, New York, N.Y.), 31st president of the U.S. (1929–33). After graduating from Stanford University (1895), he became a mining engineer, administering engineering projects on four continents (1895–1913). He then headed Allied relief operations in England and ...
Feb 28, 2019 · A 1932 presidential election button pin for Herbert Hoover. After leaving the White House, Hoover became a vociferous critic of Roosevelt’s economic policies. He warned that the New Deal had a ...
Hoover was the last president whose term ended on March 3. Thereafter all presidential terms began and ended on January 20. Hoover's presidency began amidst grand optimism as the prosperity of the ...
Herbert Hoover, a Republican, was President from 1929 to 1933. He came into office having won a landslide victory and believing the boom of the 1920s would continue. He also thought the depression ...
