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Hoover, Herbert

Born
8/10/1874
Birthplace
West Branch, Iowa
Education
1895 - graduated from Stanford University, mechanical engineering
Notes
32.94 - campaign button, 1932
41.32.1 - Presidential election buttons of
50.164.64 Autographed photo of - Burton 3/54
54.43.9 - Pin
54.223.95, 106, 118 - Kuenzel photo
56.278.1 - pamphlet
56.355.22 - Medallion
59.62.81 - Pin
]59.275.3 - Poster
71.84.60 Commemorative Silver Spoon
Occupation
31st U.S. President, March 4, 1929-March 3, 1933-Republican
1898 - Chief Engineer for Chinese Imperial Bureau of Mines
1900 - When Boxer Rebellion borke out, he directed building of defenses for Tientsin Foreign Settlement
1917 - appointed head of U.S. Food Administration
1921 - Secretary of Commerce
1928 - elected President; first stock market crash on October 24, 1929; Great Depression; started construction on Boulder Dam
1933 - returned to Palo Alto
Spouse
Lou Henry, m. 1899
Children
Herbert
Allan Henry
Nationality
American

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