Our 31st President

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Born: August 11, 1874 in West Branch, Iowa

Father: Jesse Hoover

Mother: Huldah Minthorn Hoover

1 brother, Theodore

1 sister, Mary

Orphan at age 9

Early LifeEarly Life

Mother and Father

Bert, Brother & Sister

Childhood Home

Locals Schools as a Youth

Did not graduate from High School

Stanford University

Mining consulting firm

Schooling & Jobs

Married Lou Henry February 10, 1899Two sons

Lived in London in 1901Hoover and Lou published the translation of De

re MetallicaBefore Presidency; During World War I

American Relief CommitteeBelgium Relief CommitteeServed as U.S. Food administratorWar and Peace Efforts1921-1928 served as the Secretary of

Commerce for Presidents Hording and Collidge

Mid-Life Mid-Life

Wife and two sons

Bert Fishing

31st President of the United States1929-1933Charles Curtis

1928 elected at the Republican Candidate Ran against Alfred SmithWon by 58% and 444 of 531 votes

Prosperous first year until Black ThursdayWas blamed for The Depression

Bonus BillRefused which made the veterans very upset100,000 to send the people home on train

PresidencyPresidency

White HouseWhite House

Charles Curtis Charles Curtis

Bonus ArmyBonus Army

Supported zoning regulationsEight hour work days in major industriesImprove nutrition for childrenConservation of natural resources

Believed in free enterprise and volunteer effortsDefeated for re-election by Franklin RooseveltRetired to Palo Alto, CaliforniaCoordinator for Food Supply for World Famine Chairman of the Commission on Organization of

the Executive Branch of the Government

Presidency Continued

PresidentHerbert Hoover1929–1933Vice PresidentCharles Curtis1929–1933Secretary of StateHenry L. Stimson1929–1933Secretary of the TreasuryAndrew Mellon1929–1932  Ogden L. Mills1932–1933Secretary of WarJames W. Good1929  Patrick J. Hurley1929–1933Attorney GeneralWilliam D. Mitchell1929–1933Postmaster GeneralWalter F. Brown1929–1933Secretary of the NavyCharles F. Adams1929–1933Secretary of the InteriorRay L. Wilbur1929–1933Secretary of AgricultureArthur M. Hyde1929–1933Secretary of Commerce Robert P. Lamont 1929–1932

Roy D. Chapin 1932–1933Secretary of Labor James J. Davis1929–1930   William N. Doak 1930–1933

Administration and Cabinet

U.S. Food Administration

Herberts Angry Face

U.S. Food Administration during WWI

Commerce Department

Help organize trade association groups of firms in the same line of business to minimize prize competition

Bureau of Standards

Accomplishments

Reconstruction Finance Corporation- 1923Largest ever proposed by any President2 billion in loansTheory: stimulate industry and eventually create

more jobs.Emergency Relief Act-1932 added an extra 300

million

Pollution Act of 1924

Federal Farm Board- 1929

Accomplishments ContinuedAccomplishments ContinuedAccomplishments ContinuedAccomplishments Continued

80th Birthday Helped build up and organize 600 Boys Clubs of

America At 88 went to West Branch“I am ready to serve in any capacity, from office boy

up.”Finals years her wrote, Hoover Institution on War,

Revolution, and Peace.90th birthday 16 states declared August 10th Herbert

Hoover Day Died October 20th

Funeral at Cedar Rapid IowaBuried next to Lou

Late Life & DeathLate Life & Death

“Herbert Hoover, for all of his early optimism and organized skills, was defeated by The Depression and its crushing economic problems.”

American Odyssey. Westerville, OH: Glencoe, 1976. Holford, David M. Herbert Hoover. Library of

Congress, 1999. Polikoff, Barbara G. Herbert C. Hoover. Ada, OK:

Garrett Education Corportation, 1990. Wilson, Joan H. Heart Hoover Forgotten

Progressive. Little, Brown and Company, 1975. Andrist, Ralph K. The American Hertiage History of

the 20's & 30's. NY: American Hertiage Co., 1970.http://home.nps.gov/heho/photosmultimedia/

birthplace.htm

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