President Herbert Hoover
President Herbert Hoover
• President Herbert Hoover was the 31th president of The United States
• An engineer, administrator, philanthropic and a stout serviceman, President Herbert Clarke Hoover had ushered in a new era of service to the White house and the whole meaning of being an American president had been flipped upside down during his tenure.
• Born in Iowa, President Herbert Hoover had graduated from the Stanford University in its maiden year. He passed out as a mining engineer.
• After marrying his college time girl friend- Lou Henry, a Chinese, he went to China and worked there as a top mining engineer for few years.
• On his 40th birthday, President Herbert Hoover was in London. It was around this time only that Germany had attacked France. He was asked to ensure the safety of stranded tourists.
• His committee had helped more than 12000 Americans return home.
• He was chosen the head of the Food Squad after America had entered the war.
• It was his successful service in the commerce commission under President Calvin Coolidge that earned him the presidential nomination in 1928.
• It was right after a few months of his election that the country went into the Great Depression.
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Was President Herbert Hoover responsible for the great depression? I am really curious about that. Maybe you can write an article about it.
Jerry, if President Herbert Hoover was elected in that period of time, it doesn’t mean he was responsible for the great depression. That’s out of its place.