• Herbert Clark Hoover was born on August 10, 1874, in West Branch, Iowa.[a] His father, Jesse Hoover, was a blacksmith and farm implement store owner of...
  • Herbert Hoover gained a reputation as a humanitarian in World War I by leading hunger-relief efforts in Europe as head of the American Relief Administration.
  • Hawley has also edited Herbert Hoover: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President, 4 vols. (Washington, D.C., 1974–1977).
  • I found one! I never noticed the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site sign, but this day it screamed, “Visit me!!!” So, I did.
  • On October 25, the body of Herbert Hoover was interred in a simple grave on an Iowa hill overlooking the cottage where he was born.
  • HERBERT CLARK HOOVER was born on August 1, 1874 in West Branch, Iowa, the second of three children of devote Quakers.
  • Herbert Hoover was the 31st president of the United States (1929–33). Hoover’s reputation as a humanitarian faded from public consciousness when his...
  • Before serving as America’s 31st President from 1929 to 1933, Herbert Hoover had achieved international success as a mining engineer and worldwide...
  • Join the comeback of Herbert Hoover: 31st President of the United States, celebrated mining engineer, on-stage dynamo.
  • Herbert Hoover (1874-1964), America’s 31st president, took office in 1929, the year the U.S. economy plummeted into the Great Depression.