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Oct 29, 2009 · Herbert Hoover (1874-1964), America’s 31st president, took office in 1929, the year the U.S. stock market crashed, plunging the country into the Great Depression.
Apr 18, 2024 · Herbert Hoover was the 31st president of the United States. He served from 1929 to 1933. Hoover had a reputation as a humanitarian—earned during and after World War I when he rescued millions of Europeans from starvation.
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- First Quaker President. Hoover was the son of a blacksmith, Jesse Clark Hoover, and a Quaker minister, Huldah Minthorn Hoover. Both his parents were dead by the time he was nine.
- Married Lou Henry Hoover. Even though Hoover never graduated from high school, he attended Stanford University where he met his future wife, Lou Henry. She was a well respected first lady.
- Escaped the Boxer Rebellion. Hoover moved with his wife of one day to China to work as a mining engineer in 1899. They were there when the Boxer Rebellion broke out.
- Led War Relief Efforts in World War I. 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.
Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933. A member of the Republican Party, he held office during the onset of the Great Depression.
Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874–October 20, 1964), mining engineer, humanitarian, U.S. Secretary of Commerce, and 31st President of the United States, was the son of Jesse Hoover, a blacksmith, and Hulda Minthorn Hoover, a seamstress and recorded minister in the Society of Friends (Quakers).
Before serving as America’s 31st President from 1929 to 1933, Herbert Hoover had achieved international success as a mining engineer and worldwide gratitude as “The Great Humanitarian” who fed...
