- Herbert Clark Hoover was an American politician who served as the 31st President of the United States from 1929 to 1933
Born: | 10 August 1874 Comment | When did Herbert Hoover die? / Died | 20 October 1964 | How many years did Herbert Hoover live? / Lived | 90 years | Zodiac sign: | Leo |
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Herbert Hoover facts
- A Republican, as Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s he introduced Progressive Era themes of efficiency in the business community and provided government support for standardization, efficiency and international trade
- As president from 1929 to 1933, his ambitious programs were overwhelmed by the Great Depression, that seemed to get worse every year despite the increasingly large-scale interventions he made in the economy
- He was defeated in a landslide in 1932 by Democrat Franklin D
- Roosevelt, and spent the rest of his life as a conservative denouncing big government, liberalism and federal intervention in economic affairs, as Democrats repeatedly used his Depression record to attack conservatism and justify more regulation of the economy
- He was a professional mining engineer and was raised as a Quaker
- Hoover served as head of the U
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- Food Administration during World War I, and became internationally known for humanitarian relief efforts in wartime Belgium
- As the United States Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s he promoted partnerships between government and business
- In the presidential election of 1928, Hoover easily won the Republican nomination, despite having no elected-office experience
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