• 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.
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    Hoover, Herbert: The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover. Volume I: Years of Adventure, 1874-1920. New York City 1951, p. 148.
  • HERBERT CLARK HOOVER was born on August 1, 1874 in West Branch, Iowa, the second of three children of devote Quakers.
  • Hawley has also edited Herbert Hoover: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President, 4 vols. (Washington, D.C., 1974–1977).
  • “I outlived the bastards” — Herbert Hoover, when asked about how he handled people who blamed him for the Great Depression.
  • In the 1932 U.S. presidential election, Democratic candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Herbert Hoover, the Republican incumbent.
  • Before serving as America’s 31st President from 1929 to 1933, Herbert Hoover had achieved international success as a mining engineer and worldwide...
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  • 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.